You Take Your First Telephone Order from a Doctor on Your

You take your first telephone order from a doctor on your first day of work at a nursing home.You carefully write out the order for a medication to be given twice a day, using the abbreviation "b.i.d." in the chart.Your supervisor reviews your notes and informs you that periods should not be used with medical abbreviations.What is her reasoning? Periods are redundant and reduce efficiency.

A) Most electronic medical record systems automatically supply the periods.
B) A poorly written period could be mistaken for the number 1 and cause a medication error.
C) The amount of effort taken to use periods in abbreviations outweigh the benefits.
D) Periods are redundant and reduce efficiency.