Pharmacy Routes of Administration: Abbreviations

IV

• inter venous

• intra venous

• into the vein

• intro venous

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

AU

• R eye

• L ear

• Both eyes

• Both ears

po

• per eye

• per oral

• by mouth

• per ocular