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silk sutures - clr

Posted: Mar 29, 2011

doctor is saying "two double O silk sutures" and I am not sure how to type that.

My first thought was 2-00 silk sutures? Does anyone know if that is right?

Thanks in advance!

If typed as dictated it would be - sm

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two 00 silk sutures; however per BOS it would be two 2-0 silk sutures. (you don't put two consecutive numbers together, that is why you spell out the first "2")

disagree with the BOS thing - sm

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You were right in the first place with two 00 silk sutures.

It would never be 2-0 silk sutures, as that would be "two-oh".

You might disgree, but here it is: - sm

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10.3.12 Sutures, Catheters, Needles, and Wires

Sutures: The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) system sizes, among other things, steel sutures and sutures of other materials. The sizes range from 11-0 (smallest) to 7 (largest). Thus, a size 7 suture is different from and larger than a size 7-0 suture. Use 0 or 1-0 for single-aught sutures; use the "digit hyphen zero" style to express sizes 2-0 through 11-0. Express sizes 1 through 7 with whole numbers. Place the # symbol before the size if "number" is dictated.

EXAMPLE

1-0 nylon or 0 nylon
but:
2-0 nylon
not:
00 nylon

4-0 Vicryl
not:
0000 Vicryl

still disagree - I believe you have misinterpreted the instruction

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Otherwise, how would one tell the difference between 2-0 and 2-0?

The example is simply explaining that one writes 2-0 and not 00.

If the dictator said "two oh" or "oh oh" then yes but he didn't. I - think OP is right with two 00 sutures.

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agree - nm

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