Displaying weight in LBS - pros/cons?

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Erin Gavin
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Displaying weight in LBS - pros/cons?

We finally have gotten traction on locking our Meditech weight entry to kg only. The offer from IT is to lock out the pounds and ounces fields from data entry, but still allow a calculation and display on the screen.

I can see the value in having the lbs displayed instead of using conversion charts, but I also see how this can still lead to error. Can anyone share their experience with such a setup?

Thank you in advance!
Erin

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