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One of my other ideas was a designation of the location of the meds - ie whether the container is stored in a fridge, or a specific storage space/shelf/cupboard/trolley (if there are several then numbers would be used for identification perhaps). This also assumes that the medication list is for use in hospital only, not a list given to the patient on discharge.
I googled a little and found a guideline from Västra Götalandsregionen, stating that "SS" (meaning "sköter själv") should be noted in the records of patients able to self-administer their medications. Even though the question has been closed, I have made an answer, providing a link to the guideline.
What was the particular substance administered? Is this for an in- och outpatient? That might give a clue. My only guess, besides what has already been mentioned, would be sjuksköterska (meaning that additional doses would be administered by a nurse).
That's interesting - one of my guesses was that it meant self-medication (or prn), but I could not think of a likely SV term - självservice was all I came up with and that did not seem plausible. Perhaps it is an EN acronym.
Thanks everyone for your input. This has been a bit of a headache. I found an abbreviation glossary online (FÖRKORTNINGAR vid anamnesskrivning) which specifies SS as sick leave (sjukskrivning. I had reservations about the "steady state" answer because it didn't seem to match the patient context. Since then I have been told by the translation agency's internal resource that SS refers to self-medication and that was what they decided to go with. which makes perfect sense, but the same source also failed to tell me what the Swedish term was, so I'm none the wiser.
OK. I have a few ideas but they are all wild guesses at the moment. Is this written on every row, or just for some meds? If so, which meds? Is this only in the medication list, not elsewhere in the text?
Explanation: A little googling gave me this text from Västra Götalandsregionen. The guidelines state that patients who are able to self-administer their medications should have "SS" put into their records, meaning "sköter själv".
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