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PPN

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PPN - Project-Programmer Number.

A user-ID under TOPS-10 and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN, CompuServe and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well.


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Pharmacists are often forgotten, but can offer adjustments in formulation and equipment that help ease tube feedings, TPN and PPN, for patients and staff," says pharmacist Ray Martin, director of accreditation for Omnicare, a Covington, Kentucky-based national provider for pharmaceutical care and clinical consultation.
Paul Turner, director of Kaiser's HIV Unit in Hollywood, which currently treats 1,300 AIDS and HIV-positive patients (the largest AIDS population of Kaiser's 11 health maintenance organization facilities), headed a study in the late 1980s proving that an antibiotic called Bactrim could help prevent HIV-positive patients from contracting pneumocystic pneumonia, commonly called PPN.
PPN provides timely information and fosters improved communication among retired and working individuals concerning pension plans and issues, motivating them to proactively safeguard promised pension benefits.
 
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