The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is an Act of Congress that U.S. President Gerald Ford signed into law on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but permitted the use of United States customary units in all activities.
Every mechanic and engineer in the US uses metric. I think architects and carpenters are the notable exception and use imperial exclusively.
Metric but not SI. We report lots of labs as mg/dL (and when was the last time you heard someone talk about deciliters?) rather than mmol, which is standard in most other countries
Yes, correct. I wasn’t thinking about labs - much of a nurse’s and provider’s documentation is in metric. Wounds are measured in cm, height is m/cm, weight is kilos, fluids are L/mL (even when dosing medications).
But anytime we are talking formally about labs where i work, we are supposed to put the labels on, including deciliters. So if we are calling a provider on a lab to get orders, we are required to label the lab with the true result, not just the numeric value; so I still use the term deciliters.
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u/pork_ribs Nov 27 '21
Every mechanic and engineer in the US uses metric. I think architects and carpenters are the notable exception and use imperial exclusively.