[Margaret Pilkington]

I do not mind acronyms or abbreviations as long as it is made clear first what they are meant to mean.

When I was working in Nursing we were discouraged from using abbreviations.......although most of us used things like TPR(temperature, Pulse and respirations) and BP (blood pressure) these were universal and understood by everyone......but on my speciality PID meant Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....whereas elsewhere it could mean Prolasped Intervertebral Disc.....so misunderstandings could arise from these abbreviations.
Acronyms and abbreviations assume knowledge which might not be there.