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Ceftaz capitalized or not? - yogamom
Posted: Aug 25, 2010
Dictator states vancomycin and ceftaz. QA changed it to Ceftaz. Which is correct?
?? - no1joe
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Don't have my drug book available, but shouldn't it be Ceptaz, or maybe they said Ceftin? Either way, it would be capitalized. The "v" in vancomycin stays lowercase... it's generic.
Clipped version of ceftazidime - MT
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I wouldn't capitalize the clipped version of ceftazidime. Ceftaz is the same concept as when they clip vancomycin to vanco.
There is a Ceptaz - capitalized-- generic is ceftazidime. - nm
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I definitely agree with your reply! Just wanted to run it by someone else.
Thanks!
Ceftaz - yogamom
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It was definitely ceftaz. When I had sent a report to MQ QA awhile back, the QA person changed ceftaz to Ceftaz. I feel it was slang for ceftazidime and so should be left as ceftaz. Just wanted to hear what others had to say about this.
If you work per BOS guidelines, you DO NOT - abbreviate or use slang for meds. NM
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