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A disadvantage of filing by subject is that main subject titles and subdivision titles may overlap.​

Order:Decrease the patient’s current dose of propranolol 40 mg PO daily by 5 mg per day starting next dose. The supply on hand is 10 mg/tab. How many tablets would you administer for the new dose? [BLANK-1]

​Long subject titles may be changed to codes or abbreviated.

Geographic storage lacks flexibility for expansion because records are difficult to arrange.​

A special (auxiliary) guide is a divider used to lead the eye quickly to a specific place in the file and can be used to locate an individual or company folder with a high volume of correspondence.

The geographic arrangement can be as simple as a file of city streets or countries of the world.​

Match each item with the correct statement listed. 

How does a filer code a document for a new correspondent or subject that does not have an assigned number?

In a subject encyclopedic arrangement, primary guides are labeled A to Z in alphabetic order.​

A detailed listing of an organization’s records that includes the types, locations, dates, volumes, equipment, classification system, and usage data is a