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unsure of whole sentence with medication dosages. help please - unsure

Posted: Mar 25, 2010

A prescription of OxyContin 10 mg 1 p.o. q.12h. X #14 and Percocet 10/325 1-2 p.o. q.4-6 hours #40 was prescribed to the patient.

TIA.

Looks right to me...sm - brrrr

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what are you unsure of??? :)

there were a few things... - unsure

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the X sign the # sign and the the hyphen in between etc...I have not had to type medications, and so it was new to me. Thanks so much for your help.

Only to you it looks right.... - ?

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nm

For one, they should standardize the q.12h. and q.4-6 hours to q.12 h. and q.4-6 h. - NM

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nm

they did in the BOS, page 146 : q.4 h. quaque 4 hora every 4 hours - NO SLAVE HERE, brrrrr

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nm

to above post: I am not "brrr", but I am shivering "brrrr" looking at her postin - nm

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nm

Sentence...sm - brrrr

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The things I would do a little different is, like NM mentioned, put some spaces as --- q. 12 h. instead of q.12h. and use a small x instead of capital X. I think that's the correct way and I believe the reasoning (just my opinion of course) is that the abbreviations stand for words and you would put spaces between the words. For example, q.12h. stands for every 12 hours and that's how you'd type it, not every12hours. But, I could be wrong about that too. Just my input. And the # sign is fine. :)

Shouldn't it be q.12 h.? - a space behind the number

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n/m

sm... - brrrr

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I'm not really sure. You could probably put a space but I don't want to step on any BOS fan's toes. The company I work for wants no spaces at all, so it's really anyone's guess unless you're a slave to BOS. ;)

No. No spaces - q.12h.

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people should not give the WRONG answer! - sm

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BOS 1

q.4 h. quaque 4 hora every 4 hours
q.h.

yes, you are wrong, again, your version q. 12 h. - what?

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is even worse than her q.12h, because the right version is

q.12 h.

What are you blabbering about?

There are strict rules, especially about this formatting, each space is distinctly decided upon.

There is no discussing and arguing, I think, I think, I don't know, I believe...????

Why don't you look it up yourself when you are not sure about things, BEFORE replying.

brrr:I think, I believe, I am not sure, just my opinion, etc..... - wrong answers

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does not cut it on the Word Help Board when MTs are waiting urgently for the CORRECT answer, so, brrrrrrr, if you do not know the answer or give an incorrect answer, FORGET IT.

q.12h. should be q.12 h, the X should be x, for "times" something's missing - errors

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