Re: [Health-dev] Serious dose errors when prescribing with a decimal point

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On further investigation:

Countries using Arabic numerals with decimal point


Countries where a dot "." is used to mark the radix point comprise roughly 60% 
of the world's population.[citation needed] They include:[citation needed]

    
Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada (when using English), 
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, 
Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea (both North and South), Lebanon, Luxembourg (uses 
both marks officially), Macau (in Chinese and English text), Malaysia, Malta, 
Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, 
People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, 
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States (including 
insular areas), Zimbabwe.

Countries using Arabic numerals with decimal comma


Countries where a comma "," is used to mark the radix point comprise roughly 
24% of the world's population.[citation needed] They include:[citation needed]


    Albania, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada 
(when using French), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia (comma used 
officially, but both forms are in use), Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, 
East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, 
Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgistan, 
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg (uses both marks officially), Macau (in 
Portuguese text), Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, 
Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, 
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, 
Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam.