Book of Style sm.
Posted By: MTmom on 2009-01-10
In Reply to: huh - theQueen
Subject: Book of Style sm.
It is the former AAMT's way of trying to standardize what each MT is doing. Many companies expect you to strictly adhere to what the BOS says for quality and if you do not it affects your QA scores.
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per the Book of Style
Subject: per the Book of Style
Per Book of Style 2 edition page 150:
"When the generic name and brand name of a medication sound alike, use the generic spelling unless it is certain that the brand name is being referenced to."
Therefore, I would use the generic spelling levothyroxine.
Book of Style
Subject: Book of Style
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Book of Style 2nd edition....
Subject: Book of Style 2nd edition....
I don't know if you guys follow BOS rules but...
per BOS page 150 "When generic name and brand name of a medication sound alike, use the generic spelling unless it is certain that the brand name is being referenced." (Therefore, use KCl.)
Also per BOS p 461 Dangerous Abbreviations "Use complete spelling for drug names." (Therefore, use potassium chloride!) ?
Abbreviations per book of style question - sm
Do you abbreviate mg, ml, 02 etc if the account instructions say to spell out abbreviations as per book of style?
Have ordered book, not here yet. Thanks in advance for help.
client preference and BOS (book of style)
Subject: client preference and BOS (book of style)
really, we cannot tell you the answer, albeit for 20 years, Webster's Merriam dictionary has it with no hypen (same with most re- words)...but it's really up to your client(s) and also the Book Of Style by the AAMT really spells it out.....somewhere in the huge nearly 600 page book........
good luck :)
style
Subject: style
stay home for the next two days or 2 days? or does it depend on account specifics? Thanks in advance.
style
Subject: style
Use numbers unless 2 numbers in a row or beginning a sentence. Zoloft 50 mg 1 daily versus Zoloft 50 one daily.
If you don't have AAMT Book of Style, this is a good website. http://www.mtdaily.com/style.html
Which style do you use for PRN/p.r.n.? How about the same for PC/p.c.? -sm
Subject: Which style do you use for PRN/p.r.n.? How about the same for PC/p.c.? -sm
http://www.ismp.org/tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf
Because this site re: medical abbreviations that should never be used in reports doesn't list PC/p.c., then your choice is based on your style guide, isn't it. Which style guide do you follow for tx'ing "as needed"...PRN or p.r.n.? Go with it for PC/p.c. (There's an AAMT Style Guide that some medical tx companies require MTs to follow. Does it require small letters and periods for Latin-word abbreviations?)
Resource: Abbreviations Web site,
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalabbreviations.php?keywords=PC&search=abbreviation
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Need help on style board....nm...TIA
Subject: Need help on style board....nm...TIA
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AAMT Style
Subject: AAMT Style
Anyone have any good web links to sum up AAMT BOS Second Edition - Don't have book yet...Thanks
Maybe McGhan style 133
Subject: Maybe McGhan style 133
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style question
Subject: style question
Is it correct to put "May 10th" or "May 10" - this is just a general question. I don't know if the "th" is supposed to be there after a date. TIA.
Have a style question here!!
Subject: Have a style question here!!
Working for a new company -- they say all meds in a paragraph be separated by semi-colons as well as semi-colon use in parts of the PE. They seem to imply that I am some kind of incompetent fool for not doing this automatically. I've been an MT for 25+ years, and a few of my accounts were for some of the most prestigious medical facilities in the U.S. and have never routinely done this. Is this a new AAMT style rule? I wouldn't be questioning this if it was a hospital preference, but it's the whole little smarmy company.....
Sorry so cranky.
Style question, sm...
Subject: Style question, sm...
The provider is dicating HPV DNA in the ASSESSMENT. Normally, we never abbreviate in the assessment, but for some reason I'm wondering if an exception to this could be for DNA. Should I type it 'human papilloma virus deoxyribonucleic acid' or "human human papilloma virus DNA"?
TIA for your advice,
Vertically Challenged
AAMT style question...sm
can someone please tell me what the rule is on numbers 1-10? I read they were wanting to change it to all numerals, but has that happened or do you still spell out numbers 1-10 except for clarity purposes? Have gotten myself all confused now...Thanks.
I need opinion on something from AAMT regarding style...
I know the latest from AAMT regarding using numbers is to use 2, 3, 4, etc instead of two, three, four in the body of a report. I just think it looks tacky to say "on postoperative day 2" or "after 3 days", etc. I hate doing it. It's not so bad when referring to meds or technical stuff. Does everyone follow this AAMT "law" now? Just wondering what everyone else does??? 
but then CDC Journal Style Guide says...
Subject: but then CDC Journal Style Guide says...
Gram stain, gram-negative, gram-positive
AAMT "Book of Style"? (nm)
Subject: AAMT "Book of Style"? (nm)
Style question: If using the term SM
Subject: Style question: If using the term SM
"history of present illness" within the report, such as "see history of present illness above", do you capitalize the letters such as "see History of Present Illness above"? Also, such as "see Review of Systems below"? Do we keep them lower case or upper case when they are used within the report?
Thank you. I'm confused and I hope this question makes sense. 
s/l *Chang style syringette*????
Subject: s/l *Chang style syringette*????
lol, I love your style and wisdom! Nm
Subject: lol, I love your style and wisdom! Nm
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Looked but can't find anything in AMA style guide. sm
Subject: Looked but can't find anything in AMA style guide. sm
I think your doc is confusing "more so" with "moreover." "Moreso" is not even in the English dictionary.
AAMT follows AMA's style guide on this issue
Subject: AAMT follows AMA's style guide on this issue
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Megan style tissue expander?
Subject: Megan style tissue expander?
OP note - he says Megan-style 133 500 cc full volume tissue expander. Cannot find Megan or Megann.
BOS is 'Book of Style', what has crepitus to do in there? We all know what 'crepitus' i
Subject: BOS is 'Book of Style', what has crepitus to do in there? We all know what 'crepitus' is
Thanks! Saw it in Equip book, but not cardiac book.
Subject: Thanks! Saw it in Equip book, but not cardiac book.
Go figure.
:o}
It all comes down to style as stated in the begining of a lot of reference books
Subject: It all comes down to style as stated in the begining of a lot of reference books
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That's what I mean by "ask your QA!" Account specifics dictate style, sm
Subject: That's what I mean by "ask your QA!" Account specifics dictate style, sm
but the AAMT BOS dictates what is correct for the industry, getting its information from sources such as the Chicago Manual of Style, the American Medical Association book of style (which I own), etc. As the poster below states, Joint Commission goes by BOS and does not like "same" or abbreviations for diagnoses, impressions, op titles, etc. They will randomly choose patient charts and go through them to check things like this! It's the Joint Commission which recommends or removes hospital accreditations--a very powerful entity.
So, ask your QA what the account wants. If they want "same," give them "same." For other accounts, do it the correct way.
Stedman's Medical Equipment terms book or the Ortho terms book would help. nm
Subject: Stedman's Medical Equipment terms book or the Ortho terms book would help. nm
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Thanks. My book is too old to have that one.
Subject: Thanks. My book is too old to have that one.
Thank you so much!! I really need to get that book!
Subject: Thank you so much!! I really need to get that book!
Thanks very much! That's probably the only book I don't have!
Subject: Thanks very much! That's probably the only book I don't have!
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Which book was that in?
Subject: Which book was that in?
Found a Liberte stent reference in a past note.
I fix it for them the way it's in the book,
Subject: I fix it for them the way it's in the book,
but then again some services might not want you to.
Not in my book
Subject: Not in my book
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thanks.. its not in my 2nd ed GI/GU book nm
Subject: thanks.. its not in my 2nd ed GI/GU book nm
My Abbrev. book has tib-fib. nm
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Thanks so much! Will write it in my book. nm
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Thanks!! Maybe my book is too old, doesn't have it. nm
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sm - love my lab book!
Subject: sm - love my lab book!
VMA, 5-HIAA, cortisol is right, and it is epinephrine and norepinephrine
Thanks! I was looking in the HPI ortho book
Subject: Thanks! I was looking in the HPI ortho book
written in my book
Subject: written in my book
Granted I bought this book used, but the last owner wrote in "arcade of Frosche" (tunnel in the arm). I can't find anything on the Henry one though, sorry. I do try to find another reference if they were not written in by me, but I don't have one. :)
osetopathy ref book
Subject: osetopathy ref book
Stedman's 5th Edition Orthopaedic & Rehab Words + Stedman's Pathology and Lab Words should cover all you bases. See this link:
http://www.diagnosispro.com/online_store/clinical-reference/Stedman's+Orthopaedic+&+Rehab+Words,+5th+Ed.+(CD-ROM).html
In my Stedman's GI & GU book.....
Subject: In my Stedman's GI & GU book.....
they are both listed side by side, so I think it is the same procedure but just two different ways of writing it out. Either way looks correct.
As per AAMT book 2, is it x2 or x 2? TIA nm
Subject: As per AAMT book 2, is it x2 or x 2? TIA nm
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Does anyone have the Stedman's GI/GU book? (sm)
Subject: Does anyone have the Stedman's GI/GU book? (sm)
Can someone please look up Dobbhoff tube for me and tell me what page it is on and what edition they have of the Stedman's? That would be Dobbhoff with TWO b's and TWO f's for my purposes, here. I need that particular spelling.
I would be SO grateful!
(Background - I was on here a while ago asking about this word. Someone was nice enough to answer me with the correct spelling as found in the Stedman's GI/GU. I used that spelling -- the one above. QA came after me. I defended myself by citing Stedman's GI/GU. QA has asked me for the edition and the page number. Well, I don't have the durn reference MYSELF, one of you nice people helped me.) THANKS!
thank you...added it to my book.
Subject: thank you...added it to my book.
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I mean Stedman book
Subject: I mean Stedman book
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What would you go by...book or internet....SM
Subject: What would you go by...book or internet....SM
For constipation, patient is being prescribed *Senna-lax-S*. My Quick Look Drug Book does not have it at all. Google does have it all over. My Stedman's spellchecker marks it wrong though and wants to change it to Cenalax. Cenalax does not come up on Google anywhere and asks if I meant 'sennalax' instead. OY! Anyone know which is correct? Is my Stedman's spellchecker wrong-o?
Yes, I see it my drug book also
Subject: Yes, I see it my drug book also
generic for Humalog. lispro
my drug book has Z-PAK nm
Subject: my drug book has Z-PAK nm
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