I've always thought g = gravity, gm = gram
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In Reply to: Isn't g an acceptable abbreviation for gram? - Dazey
Subject: I've always thought g = gravity, gm = gram
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Subject: No, don't cap gram-negative. The test Gram stain is capitalized - per Stedmans Inf Dis Book. -sm
Also, I worked in a lab for many years, and gram-negative and gram-positive are not capitalized. Gram is the name of the doctor or scientist who came up with the staining test, Gram stain, so that is capped.
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Subject: gram-position pleomorphic bacilli? (gram-positive should be small "g")
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Subject: Sted's Path and Lab Words - gram-negative bacilli but Gram
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It should be Gram's stain, the formal name, or the result was gram negative.... then not.....nm
Subject: It should be Gram's stain, the formal name, or the result was gram negative.... then not.....nm
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Incorrect, it is gram-negative and cap only for Gram stain.
Subject: Incorrect, it is gram-negative and cap only for Gram stain.
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Which is correct..Gram or gram negative?nm
Subject: Which is correct..Gram or gram negative?nm
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Subject: Gram stain, and gram-negative. (nm)
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Subject: Could it be Foley to gravity? NM
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Subject: Specific gravity 1.015.
specific gravity.
Subject: specific gravity.
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Subject: 1,022 is specific gravity, 5 is pH - nm
sorry - 1.022 is specific gravity, 5 is pH - nm
Subject: sorry - 1.022 is specific gravity, 5 is pH - nm
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Subject: Specific gravity question
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Culture was sent for Gram's stain or gram stain. Which is correct? TIA!!
Subject: Culture was sent for Gram's stain or gram stain. Which is correct? TIA!!
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Subject: urine specific gravity is ten thirty?
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Subject: Lab results - UA specific gravity 1.022, s/l P8 6.5, etc.. I have never heard of P8 as part of a UA
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Subject: Surgery help. s/l flow-to-gravity drains? sm for context:
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Subject: Sounds all right. Have heard "hooked to gravity flow" before. (nomsg)
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Subject: You've got it right. I've type that for years, as in transforaminal steroid injection.
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Subject: Specific gravity is always a 4-digit value of a single digit POINT 3 other digits, no matter how
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Subject: it is not ESL and I thought of warts but thought the same thing and it does not sound like a "t"
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Subject: Gram or gram
It's gram negative, as in gram-negative rods. There is also a Gram stain, which IS capped.
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Subject: A-gram
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Subject: gram-negative/Gram-negative
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Subject: pt has pneumonia & given s/l pla-fa-rin 1 gram I.M. nm
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Subject: Gram-negative?
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Subject: Gram stain? nm
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Subject: gm may be for gram..dunno about MT
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Subject: gram stain or Gram stain
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Subject: g versus gram
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Subject: Stedman's says Gram negative
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Subject: could it be AFB? and that is Gram (capital G) stain. nm
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Isn't g an acceptable abbreviation for gram?
Subject: Isn't g an acceptable abbreviation for gram?
I had QA correct this:
MiraLax 7.5 g to be taken to MiraLax 7.5 grams to be taken .
If 7.5 g is wrong I've been doing it wrong for a long time. It's not on the forbidden abbreviation list in the BOS, so now I'm stumped.
Anyone have an opinion on this? Thanks!
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