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What is correct way to type medication --- x 5 days? - sue

Posted: Sep 13, 2012

What is the correct way to type medication x days? i.e. Pt was given Lasix 20 od x 10 days. OR Pt was given Lasix 20 mg od x10 days.

Lasix 20 mg p.o. x10 days (o.d. = right eye) (no space between x and 10) - Des

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I'm sure there will be disagreement but I learned way back there that x should never be used if you can replace it with the word "for." For example: Lasix x 10 days should read Lasix for 10 days. Knee surgery x 2 should be kept as such because surgery for 2 would not make sense. It's an old rule and rule's change constantly but I keep with that one.

Agree, this is how I was told. - (see message)

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We were told to use the same rule of thumb: If you can substitute the word "for" in place of the "x," then you should type "for," even if the dictator says "times." In the facility where I worked, though, if they said "p.o.," we were supposed to type it out "by mouth." (But that's just the client specifics on that. I'm guessing some facilities prefer "p.o.")

I would just add what the previous poster said, too....that when it's appropriate to use "x," there's no space after the "x," i.e., it would be "knee surgery x2."

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