Which of the following would be the best way to write "four tenths of a milligram" in order to avoid medication errors?
40 mg
0.4 mg
4.0 mg
.4 mg
0.4 mg
Rationale: Four tenths of a milligram should be written as 0.4 mg in order to avoid medication errors. The answer choice ".4 mg" should especially be avoided due to the possibility of administering an extremely high dose of medication. The other answer choices are simply incorrect.
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