Pharmacy Routes of Administration Abbreviations

IV

• inter venous

• intra venous

• into the vein

• intro venous

S/S

• systolic & shock

• soon & sublingual

• swish & spit

• signs and symptoms

AAA

• emergency road side service

• abdominal aortic anomoly

• as always in am

• apply to affected area

IVP

• intravenous puncture

• intravenous push

• intravein puncture

• intervenous piggyback

SQ

• square

• subcutaneous

• sequential

• sequence

AD

• ad to

• in addition to

• R ear

• L ear

NPO

• not a thing to eat or drink

• no policy on file

• nothing by mouth

• nihil per os

AS

• R ear

• L ear

• R eye

• L eye

pr

• per right

• per left

• rectally

• primal

OD

• R ear

• L ear

• R eye

• L eye