Privacy & Security. Model Notices of Privacy Practices. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) collaborated to develop model Notices of Privacy Practices for health care providers and health plans for use when communicating with their patients and plan members.
Q.O.D. = every other day. Q.A.D. = every alternate day. Technically speaking, I would be hard pressed to find a difference. Nevertheless, I have spent a lifetime writing q.o.d. on prescriptions so that pharmacists can transcribe the latin abbreviation back into plain English for the patient. What a useless step!
â  To avoid errors in the administration of medications and infusions, spell out the word instead of using the indicated abbreviation. For example, use âinternational unitâ instead of I.U.â; âevery dayâ instead of âq.d.â; âevery other dayâ instead of âq.o.d.â; and âunitâ instead of âU.â.