Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

what about Dangerous Abbrev and drug doses?
how much are MTs following BOS 2nd Ed?
Sun Aug 15, 2004 13:26

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had even heard of the BOS. nm
I was told to do what the hospital wants. I don't think the (nm)
Sun Aug 15, 2004 13:34

billybob
I'm not (have not been told to by client) SM
Sun Aug 15, 2004 13:44

as far as dangerous abbreviations, they're mostly abbreviations I don't use anyway, like ìg (if it prints on this page right) for micrograms. If a doctor dictates "estimated blood loss was 300 cc" I don't change it to "300 mL" and I don't follow the logic that it's dangerous for me to type 300 cc (but not dangerous for him to dictate it).

Precise specification, I believe, was that each individual hospital could chose two "dangerous abbreviations" and prohibit their use, but the choice of which to prohibit was left to the hospital.