Endotracheal tube, instruments and numbers. sm
Posted By: Carol on 2008-11-01
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Subject: Endotracheal tube, instruments and numbers. sm
I know by BOS you drop the zero after the decimal point if it is a whole number, but what about when they are decribing tubes or instruments that have a lot of different sizes such as a 3.0 endotracheal tube. Thanks.
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