RXinsider: sig codes

Pharmacy Technician Training Programs
_______________________________________________________________ By Gregory Cianfarani R.Ph.

- The following exercise will familiarize you with most of the abbreviations you will encounter on prescription forms and orders.

- Some of the abbreviations may be quite obvious while others are not.

- All of the following abbreviations will be encountered in a typical pharmacy, so it is important to familiarize yourself with most of them. (Feel free to print down our sig-code cheat sheet in the cheat sheet section of our web-site.)

- Please be aware of the fact that while working in a pharmacy, you may encounter different variations of the abbreviations and sig codes presented here.