I have always expanded to C. difficile, hate slang. nm
Posted By: oldtimer on 2008-07-01
In Reply to: Is it still okay to type "C diff" or has that changed? tia - silly question
Subject: I have always expanded to C. difficile, hate slang. nm
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Thanks ..is it okay to wirte the slang term? Or should it be expanded?
Subject: Thanks ..is it okay to wirte the slang term? Or should it be expanded?
It is C. difficile (Clostridium difficile), so lots of gastro! :-)
Subject: It is C. difficile (Clostridium difficile), so lots of gastro! :-)
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C-difficile -- short for Clostridium difficile (nm)
Subject: C-difficile -- short for Clostridium difficile (nm)
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Clostridium difficile a.k.a. C. difficile
Subject: Clostridium difficile a.k.a. C. difficile
C. difficile (Clostridium difficile)...nm
Subject: C. difficile (Clostridium difficile)...nm
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Yes, trich is slang. Ask your QA person what to do with slang. nm
Subject: Yes, trich is slang. Ask your QA person what to do with slang. nm
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I expanded it...Thanks!!
Subject: I expanded it...Thanks!!
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Should EKG be expanded in Assessment?
Subject: Should EKG be expanded in Assessment?
ASSESSMENT: Abnormal EKG.
Many accounts want this expanded
Subject: Many accounts want this expanded
now because it's on the dangerous abbrev. list
That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
Subject: That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
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If the facility does not want it expanded,
Subject: If the facility does not want it expanded,
then you don't. Could be a specific rule of a particular client. If you are told not to, then don't.
by mouth, the expanded form of po, yes, per os
Subject: by mouth, the expanded form of po, yes, per os
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Do admission orders need to be expanded? eg. C&S, CBC, STAT
Subject: Do admission orders need to be expanded? eg. C&S, CBC, STAT
Thanks for your help.
It's in Recommendations, and I have found it in the hospital employment listings but NOT expanded
Subject: It's in Recommendations, and I have found it in the hospital employment listings but NOT expanded, so still scratching head.
C. difficile maybe? nm
Subject: C. difficile maybe? nm
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C, difficile ?
Subject: C, difficile ?
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C difficile
Subject: C difficile
no, it's C. difficile - no hyphen.
Subject: no, it's C. difficile - no hyphen.
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NM, I figured it out! C. difficile...
Subject: NM, I figured it out! C. difficile...
... Ugh, think I need a break. 
never mind "C. difficile" -got it!
Subject: never mind "C. difficile" -got it!
Probably repeating, C. difficile
Subject: Probably repeating, C. difficile
Clostridium difficile sm
Subject: Clostridium difficile sm
Continue Flagyl for three more days and repeat Clostridium difficile toxin (stutters here) SA, ESSA? after 48 hours of the last dose. TIA
Clostridium difficile?
Subject: Clostridium difficile?
? C. difficile colitis maybe - nm
Subject: ? C. difficile colitis maybe - nm
AAMT BOS Second Ed says, "The expanded form, prothrombin time, is preferable, but if the short..s
Subject: AAMT BOS Second Ed says, "The expanded form, prothrombin time, is preferable, but if the short..sm
"The expanded form, prothrombin time, is preferable, but if the short form is used it should be written as two words: pro time."
C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)
Subject: C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)
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Just clostridium difficile....unless doc specifically says colitis. nm
Subject: Just clostridium difficile....unless doc specifically says colitis. nm
I agree...you did good....C. difficile is a difficult--sm
Subject: I agree...you did good....C. difficile is a difficult--sm
one to hear and figure out. you're on the road! Keep it up!
is it Clostridium difficile toxin assay.
Subject: is it Clostridium difficile toxin assay.
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Don't you hate it when
Subject: Don't you hate it when
They yawn, spit, sputter, spew, mumble, eat, while they're dictating! Wake up guys! You're talking to a PERSON!
I know. I hate when they do this.
Subject: I know. I hate when they do this.
They always make up their own words so I probably will give him what he said and let them figure it out. LOL
Thanks
i hate BOS..sm
Subject: i hate BOS..sm
sometimes you just have to tell yourself, "if it doesn't change the sentence/meaning, don't worry about it.
Yeah, I know, I just hate...
Subject: Yeah, I know, I just hate...
to leave a blank. I just picked up for someone on vacation and I hate to have a blank on the first dictation  ...ah well. Thanks anyhow!
Ha! I hate it so much I gave away the
Subject: Ha! I hate it so much I gave away the
only psych reference book I had. It was the old Stedman's one that had psych and neuro mixed together. HATED that book, LOL.
Not only is psych boring, but a lot of it is actually drug rehab, and those patients' problems are 95% self-inflicted out of pure foolishness.
I hate cardiology!
Subject: I hate cardiology!
T-wave inversions in V4 through V6, I and aVL
my question is about the V6, is it I or 1? ASR had typed V6-1.
I get confused with the Roman vs Arabic in cardiology. Anybody have a good reference website? TIA!!!!
to 'I hate hyphens'.........s/m
Subject: to 'I hate hyphens'.........s/m
After thinking it over I came to teh decision tht I would say this is the right way..
'The patient is a 40-week, appropriate for gestational age, female infant.'
This is the version that makes most sense.
THANKS-don't you hate it when you doubt yourself?
Subject: THANKS-don't you hate it when you doubt yourself?
hate to disappoint you but it was moi, Beavus
Subject: hate to disappoint you but it was moi, Beavus
as no one else here seems to know how to do that.
I also wanted to see what would happen once posted, and you helped underscore my point. We can be good MTs or we can continue to be mediocre and then need to shut up about work going offshore. It is one thing to know when to use disc and when to use disk and another to give the client what they want, BUT to adopt an attitude of not knowing when it is proper to use these words, we diminished our value.
Try looking up articular d. in Stedman's Dictionary and see which d. it instructs you to use. If you use disc for ortho, you might be using the wrong one.
Again, give the client what it wants BUT please know the difference and when people ask questions here, do not enable them. Educate them. Know how to be a proper MT, even if your client asks you to transcribe improperly.
Milton's Red Stapler
Dialysis hate the terms.
Tessio Catheter is that correct?
I hate Yellofin stirrups!
Subject: I hate Yellofin stirrups!
No matter how I transcribe it, QA feels it is incorrect, but Allen Medical shows Yellofin Elite Stirrups and has a Yellowfin stirrup O/R table for ordering and prices. I'd been taught long ago that this was a commonly misunderstood term and often dictated incorrectly by doctors and that the correct term was Yellofins -- no matter how they said it. This term is documented on another reputable MT site. It was so much easier when I felt that was the correct term. Arghhhh!
Thanks for letting me vent!
I hate abstracts you have to subscribe to
Subject: I hate abstracts you have to subscribe to
read, but if you google factor XIIc assay, there are several links about it, just have to subscribe to read it.
thanks Neri- I hate doubting myself!
Subject: thanks Neri- I hate doubting myself!
thanks neri - i knew that- i hate doubting myself, it wastes so much time! thanks again
I absolutely HATE this word!
Subject: I absolutely HATE this word!
In reference to urethrovesical junction, it was not patchulous.
urethrovesical junction was neither hypermobile, patchulose, nor fibrotic...
Why can I never find patchulous? TIA.
sorry - ostial - hate when I turn off my expansion
Subject: sorry - ostial - hate when I turn off my expansion
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Hate those things. I put them after the body of the report. sm
Subject: Hate those things. I put them after the body of the report. sm
but before the signature. Makes it easier. We typed our reports on sticky paper and that way it did not get separated from the main report etc. But I did not do BOS. nm
I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
Subject: I hate to beat a dead horse, but...
I have searched MTStars and can't find my answer. I have posted this question before and do not get a reply. I promise this will be my last attempt to find this answer. I know how to use follow up and follow-up, BUT many people are using followup per BOS. I can't find followup as a word in any dictionary. Can someone please tell me where this is found BESIDES BOS? Thanks in advance. We are possibly putting in a quality check and I want to make sure I have it correct before then. Thank you!
I hate to beat an old horse to death, but...
Subject: I hate to beat an old horse to death, but...
I have searched MTStars and can't find my answer. I have posted this question before and do not get a reply. I promise this will be my last attempt to find this answer. I know how to use follow up and follow-up, BUT many people are using followup per BOS. I can't find followup as a word in any dictionary. Can someone please tell me where this is found BESIDES BOS? Thanks in advance. We are possibly putting in a quality check and I want to make sure I have it correct before then. Thank you!
hate it when docs make up words: gel-ish
Subject: hate it when docs make up words: gel-ish
maybe my brain's just too frozen to wing it.
would it be gellish, gel-ish ??? he's talking about the consistency of myelomeningocele tissue. i'd rather go with gel-like, but with verbatim i don't feel comfortable ad libbing...
I hate hyphens! See message for sentence. Thanks!
Subject: I hate hyphens! See message for sentence. Thanks!
Next, a Bard 20-cm, 6-French, double-pigtail ureteral stent was passed over the wire and up into the right kidney.
Are my hyphens correct? Do I really need that many hyphens? My QA has been pinging me on hyphens even sent me a photocopied excerpt from the BOS "for my information."
Ugh!
Yep, there's a Lister and a Lester lens manipulator! I hate it when that happens!
Subject: Yep, there's a Lister and a Lester lens manipulator! I hate it when that happens!
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I must be wrong then, hate it when this stuff sounds so much alike. nm
Subject: I must be wrong then, hate it when this stuff sounds so much alike. nm
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