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Capitalization - The patient was referred to Surgical Service - Shayndel


Posted: Feb 01, 2011

When I type a sentence such as: "The patient was referred to Surgical Service", the word "Service" is capitalized since it is a specific service in the hospital.  When the dictator says: "The patient was referred to the Anesthesia Team", would the word "Team" be capitalized also? Thanks for your help!

My take...sm - GT

[ In Reply To ..]
I wouldn't capitalize either anesthesia or team. If it was just anesthesia, this would be referring to a department and it would be capitalized and Anesthesia Service but since it's the anesthesia team, it would be no different than say... the football team. It's just a group of people, in my view. : )


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