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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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Common abbreviations that cause medication errors include U (unit), mg (milligram), QD (every day), SC (subcutaneous), TIW (three times per week), D/C (discharge or discontinue), HS (at bedtime or "hours of sleep"), cc (cubic centimeters), and AU (each ear).
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.