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Just started my day and already,,question please - jh
Posted: Mar 14, 2012
The account specs say cc should be mL...However, it says to use the docs template which has cc in there...Go by his template or make it right?
use mL - cc if I am not mistaken becoming
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pretty much an unacceptable abbr throughout the healthcare industry. Use mL
My opinion is - mL
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cause usually the standards are screwed up anyway, so I would go by the CP. Just my opinion, tho! Good luck! Sometimes you are dinged if you do, dinged if you don't.....
My inclination is to fix it but then I thought,,you QA people put it in there - Deal with it.
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So many incorrect standards,,Im just keeping a list for my own protection..
cc versus mL - GMR
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I was told cc for coming out of the body, mL going into t body. Maybe just my account though.
cc vs mL - MT
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I have one hospital that WANTS cc, so have to remember to type that! CRAZY!
umm QA does not make templates....the doc and hospitals do..nm - ...
well now I feel really crappy blaming QA,,Ill fix them - and make a shortcut of my own from here on out
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Thanks for that information...Maybe if a CCM or even a QA would answer my emails I could have figured that out...Communication is so lacking it isnt even funny
QA - JC
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QA has as much control over getting standards changed as an MT does. We have no power with the powers that be. We have a boss like you do, and all we can do is alert the boss.
Personally, I don't change templates for little things like that. The only thing I change are when the exam format changes or something, then I'll adjust a template. If it comes down on me for an audit, I have a leg to stand on.
ONE THING: Don't make your own shorcuts for standards! If they do change, you won't be in the know, and it will be your responsibility if there are changes you didn't know about.
standards to become old and out-dated after a while - nm
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