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02 sat versus oxygen saturation - JM

Posted: Mar 11, 2011

A few questions that I cannot seem to find in my AAMT BOS

Doc says 02 sat but do I type oxygen saturation or can I keep as 02 sat?

alk phos can I leave or do I need to change to alkaline phosphatase?

Doc says nitro, do I keep as "nitro" or type out "nitroglycerin"?

Thanks for your help!!

Questions - Tami

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In BOS-3 on pg. 212 it says to use complete spelling for all drug names and gives nitro drip as an example. As far as alk phos, that is a shortened form of a common word, so this would probably be client-specific. If account is verbatim, then probably would be alright, but I'd check on this one. Hope this helps!

Depends - MT

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It depends on what your company or instructors have instructed you to do. Check your abbrev for oxygen to make sure it's correct.

Per client. W cannot use slang, so we type - sm

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saturation anytime sat is used -- saturating for satting etc. Never abbreviate meds, so it is nitroglycerin and we also type out alkaline phosphatase. However, need to check with your client/MTSO for their preferences.

abbreviations - me

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According to the Book of Style, *sat" is slang and don't use it, same for *nitro." It all basically depends on your company, some don't care, just push the work out, some are strict verbatim, etc.

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