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wound VAC or V.A.C. - MTmom


Posted: Sep 26, 2014

I had been typing this as wound V.A.C. and then was instructed that "per BOS" to take all punctuation out of acronyms. Now QA has instructed me to type this V.A.C. since this is the registered trademark name....I wish QA would make up their minds before I lose mind. TIA! :-)

I have always typed it wound VAC because VAC stands for - LLC

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vacuum-assisted closure. There is more than one manufacture of wound VACs. So if a physician simply dictates "wound VAC" without the manufactures name attached, i.e. KCI wound V.A.C., then according to verbatim rules, the MT cannot assume he means the brand and should simply type "wound VAC."

This is, of course, my humble opinion.

Thank you - MTmom

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Your humble opinion makes more sense than anything QA has tried to feed me. Thanks so much.

VAC - BOS & QA

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Fraud & Joke


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