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Interesting find in the TSG just now ... - anon

Posted: Apr 01, 2014

Isn't it interesting that the Transcription Style Guide gives this example:

"gram negative not gram-"

...withOUT noting that the "Gram" in Gram negative is capitalized? The name "Gram" in this laboratory test comes from the scientist's name who developed the test, thus in hospitals, labs, etc it is duly noted as "Gram stain", NOT "gram stain". Why wouldn't MModal recognize it as such in the TSG?

2 different entities. gram-neg and gram-pos or Gram stain. - MTPeep

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not the same things at all. see, we learn something new every day. LOL :)

Huh? I'm not sure I know what you mean ... - anon

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Gram-negative and Gram-positive are each results for the Gram stain lab test, thus they each receive capitalization. Maybe I'm not following what you mean there.

nope. they are not the same as Gram stain. - MTPeep

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gram-negative rods, gram-positive is correct. Gram stain is the only entity that gets a capital G. Not related at all to the test, Gram stain. So, in this case, TSG is correct.

LOL... just googled it and went on Wiki, and its Gram-negative. LOL - MTPeep

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I'll be danged. Well, I was brainwashed by the BOS, and it has lower case gram on results, like negative and positive. TSG is based off BOS, so there ya go! LOL... Clear as mud

Ah! OK that explains it, kind of ... LOL - anon

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Thanks for the laugh!

It does explain where the mistake originated but IMO it needs to be corrected. If ANYONE out there is dinged on an audit for the capitalized vs uncapitalized versions of Gram stain, Gram-positive, Gram-negative, based on TSG or BOS misinformation, you need to challenge it because the proper notation for this test and its results is "Gram", NOT "gram". A scientist's name in connection with their namesake test is ALWAYS capitalized, not lower case.

Gram stain; gram-positive - mt

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I would like to see what a QC person says on this. Has anyone heard from a QC?

they would go with no caps on gram-neg, etc. based on - MTPeep

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TSG plus the BOS layered under it. So, it would be no caps unless Gram stain.

Ok, so I thought one of the points to the orig - post was the hyphen

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whether it is gram negative or gram-negative, according to the TSG.

No, not the hyphen - the capitalization of Gram vs gram - NM

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NM

Ok, well here is why I thought that - ~Bounce~

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Isn't it interesting that the Transcription Style Guide gives this example:

"gram negative not gram-"

HA! Good point, that makes sense! - NM

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NM

They're referring to the word "negative" versus using a hyphen - Anon

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It's listed under Positive/Negative references and they're saying to type "gram negative" as opposed to "gram-" when the word "negative" is dictated.

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