q.6.h. - dsauverwald

Thanks for your reply! - psychmt

It is q.6 h. .....nm - vrvr

Depends on preference of client - BOS and schools - teach different ways - example in message

Unfortunately, this is probably something that you should verify with your client or account specifications.  Even reference materials differ.  I have given examples of what the Book of Style shows and what one of the Medical Transcriptionist “Schools” is teaching its students. 

So, it really depends on how the client wants it.     

Here is what the Book of Style says: 

"Use lowercase abbreviations with periods for Latin abbreviations that are related to doses and dosages. Avoid using all capitals because they emphasize the abbreviation rather than the drug name. Avoid lowercase abbreviations without periods because some may be misread as words."

abbreviation  Latin phrase       English translation 

a.c.                ante cibum           before food

b.i.d.              bis in die              twice a day

gtt.                 guttae                 drops (better to spell out drops)

n.p.o.             nil per os             nothing by mouth

n.r.                non repetatur       do not repeat

p.c.                post cibum           after food

p.o.                per os                  by mouth

p.r.n.             pro re nata           as needed

q.4 h.             quaque 4 hora      every 4 hours

q.h.                quaque hora        every hour

q.i.d.              quater in die        4 times a day

t.i.d.               ter in die              3 times a day

u.d.                ut dictum             as directed 

"Note: We have inserted a space after the numeral 4 in q.4 h. on the advice of the ISMP so that the number is more easily and clearly read."

"Invalid Latin abbreviations such as q.a.m. (every morning) and mixed Latin and English abbreviations such as q.4 hours (every 4 hours) have become commonplace. However, as with all abbreviations, avoid those that are obscure (like a.c.b. for before breakfast) or dangerous. For example, b.i.w. is both obscure and dangerous. It is intended to mean twice weekly, but it could be mistaken for twice daily, resulting in a dosage frequency seven times that intended."

"It is acceptable to express a range in dosage times in abbreviated format."

EXAMPLE 

q.2-3 h.
q.4-6 h.

"Note: AHDI continues to discourage dropping periods in lowercase abbreviations that might be misread as words (for example, bid and tid). If you must drop the periods, use all capitals, but keep in mind that the overuse of capitals, particularly in relation to drug doses and dosages, would draw more attention to the capitalized abbreviations than to the drug names themselves."

Here is what one “school” is teaching its students:  

p.r.n. - as needed
p.o. - by mouth
q.d. - every day
q.i.d. - four times a day
t.i.d. - three times a day
b.i.d. - twice a day
q.6h. - every six hours
q.8h. - every eight hours
q.12h. - every twelve hours

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Good Luck.  

q.6 h. is the correct, last version acc to the BOS...sm... - vrvr

We have to do every 6 hours, never q 6 h - Answers

Agree - dsauverwald

BOS - is not fact/law