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ABBREVIATION HELP

Posted By: old schooler on 2007-04-30
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Subject: ABBREVIATION HELP

Does anyone know if b.i.d. and q.d. have been acceptably changed to BID and qday? I have a doc making abbreviations for everything ( I think to save money), but these are 2 that I am not aware of...thanks!




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