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Medication Line

Attributes

Drug Name

Diagram of a drug name: diltiazem – CALCICARD CR, with an arrow pointing at 'diltiazem' and labelled 'bold'

MEDi-001

Display generic drug names in bold

Mandatory

Diagram of a drug name: diltiazem – CALCICARD CR, with an arrow pointing at 'diltiazem' and labelled 'lowercase'

MEDi-002

Display generic drug names in lowercase (capital letters may still be used for acronyms and abbreviations in some drug names such as amphotericin B, factor VIII, carbomer 974P)

Mandatory

Diagram of a drug name: diltiazem – CALCICARD CR, with an arrow pointing at 'CALCICARD CR' and labelled 'uppercase'

MEDi-003

Display drug brand names in uppercase

Mandatory

Diagram of a drug name: diltiazem – CALCICARD CR, with a callout for 'diltiazem' labelled 'generic name (first)' and a callout for 'CALCICARD CR' labelled 'brand name'

MEDi-013

Where both the generic name and the brand name appear in a medication line, list the generic name first

Mandatory