Our hospital/clinics NEVER allowed us to capitalize any generic drug...nm
Posted By: SherryJP on 2006-11-16
In Reply to: Is it OK to capitalize generic drug name after a colon: - Spat
Subject: Our hospital/clinics NEVER allowed us to capitalize any generic drug...nm
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Is it OK to capitalize generic drug name after a colon:
Subject: Is it OK to capitalize generic drug name after a colon:
For ex. MEDICATIONS: Doxycycline and fluoxetine. Thanks!
Per AAMT BOS2 do not capitalize if it is generic, do capitalize if it is associated with a facility
Subject: Per AAMT BOS2 do not capitalize if it is generic, do capitalize if it is associated with a facility name, i.e. emergency room or General Hospital Emergency Room.
I have always been told to capitalize when a specific center, ER, or hospital/clinic is mentioned.sm
Subject: I have always been told to capitalize when a specific center, ER, or hospital/clinic is mentioned.sm
Otherwise it is kind of like a generic term, the patient can follow-up in travel care clinic of choice. I hope this helps out!
Would you capitalize the name of the unit..ie Hodges Hospital Intensive Care Unit, South?
Subject: Would you capitalize the name of the unit..ie Hodges Hospital Intensive Care Unit, South?
Would you capitalize the name of the unit..ie Hodges Hospital Intensive Care Unit?
Subject: Would you capitalize the name of the unit..ie Hodges Hospital Intensive Care Unit?
TIA...
aztreonam, generic drug
Subject: aztreonam, generic drug
Aztreonam (AzactamŽ) is a synthetic monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotic (a monobactam) originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum.
is this drug generic or name brand?
Subject: is this drug generic or name brand?
conflicting info regarding whether to cap or not.
amantadine -- generic Parkinson's drug? nm
Subject: amantadine -- generic Parkinson's drug? nm
sorry that is bactericidal, a generic drug, no Capital C. nm
Subject: sorry that is bactericidal, a generic drug, no Capital C. nm
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Knowing when a drug is generic or brand
Subject: Knowing when a drug is generic or brand
I asked this question on yesterday, but I guess I need to clarify my question.
I am having trouble knowing when to capitalize the first letter of a medication or not when I am typing it in a sentence. What is an easy online reference that will help me to decipher this correctly?
Thanks so much for any assistance.
using a reliable drug website such as Rxlist will clarify if generic or brand name. sm
Subject: using a reliable drug website such as Rxlist will clarify if generic or brand name. sm
When in doubt, it is crucial to check if drugs are generic or brand name to ensure we type them correctly.
some clinics still might, hospitals rarely though
Subject: some clinics still might, hospitals rarely though
well, I've been doing this work for 30 years and SOAP format was a big deal in the late 70s-80s too, but for URBAN hospitals and surgeons, they rarely use the SOAP format. Don't know where your *clinics* are (small town?) but in big big cities they have trended away from the SOAP format, for the most part. It's a rare SOAP I get over years. Also, the private surgeons I work for (5 of them) never use that format. I suppose hospitalists might but mine do not.
Hey, have a great New Year's!! I forgot, it's New Year's Eve...better 2008 I am hoping for! 
Hospital experience as what? a doctor? a nurse? Or are you speaking of hospital experience as an
Subject: Hospital experience as what? a doctor? a nurse? Or are you speaking of hospital experience as an
experience is, it lacks credibility especiall when you base it on YOUR experience. Who are you? How much experience do you actually have? What kind of experience do you have? How many diabetic patients have you encountered in your years of experience?
You can't expect to make a sweeping generalization like "all diabetics have hypertension" and not get called out on it. Come on! Know your place. Arrogance is an unattactive personality trait.
I didn't think they allowed it on
Subject: I didn't think they allowed it on
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How many times allowed help?
Subject: How many times allowed help?
She has a combination of s/l kramedonol acne and acne rosacea.
Thanks- I will make this one my last for tonight! - Thanks
Is q.a.c. allowed in any form?
Subject: Is q.a.c. allowed in any form?
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nope - not allowed....
Subject: nope - not allowed....
True, it is in all what you are allowed or not
Subject: True, it is in all what you are allowed or not
allowed to do. However, at one of the first hospitals I worked for (back in the early 80s) for example, we had a doctor who was constantly using abbreviations which we were not allowed to do in diagnosis. I will NEVER forget this. His diagnosis was "P.M.S.O.B." The transcriptionist, of course, changed this in the diagnosis to read "Shortness of breath at night." He flew off the handle - this abbreviation meant "poor, miserable, son of a B****" and that is what he wanted in the chart. It was referred to the Hospital Director who told our department manager that even though this was definitely not correct, he dictated it and wanted it there and there was not much we could do about it if we wanted to keep our jobs. This is a lesson that taught me never to second guess a physician. Granted this was not at all politically correct (we didn't have that term back then), but that is what he wanted, so I don't change anything in that vein - I may question it and flag it for the higher ups, but I don't change it.
so only Americans are allowed to post on here? nm
Subject: so only Americans are allowed to post on here? nm
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Headings are allowed to be added.
Subject: Headings are allowed to be added.
It would look weird without a heading. Thanks.
I am allowed to edit and correct
Subject: I am allowed to edit and correct
I am allowed to make changes to what he says, which is why I asked the question. I am allowed to edit and change what the doctor says and how he says it - and I do a lot of that in the course of the day because some of the things he says are just a mess. "Retarded" did seem a little derogatory to me and I think I will put it in better terms than that.
I guess it comes down to what the rules are that you work by - whether you can edit or if you are verbatim. If it was verbatim I wouldn't have questioned it (even thought I personally feel it is insulting) but since I have the option to change it, I was just wondering what the correct term was now because I know it keeps changing. Thanks for all the opinions!
Test questions are not allowed here.
Subject: Test questions are not allowed here.
If I remember correctly, test questions are not allowed on this board. You must pass the test on your own merits.
If not verbatim account and you are allowed
Subject: If not verbatim account and you are allowed
to add headings, I would put it under either MUSCULOSKELETAL or NEUROLOGIC.
I am allowed to restate as 4 10/12-year-old child
Subject: I am allowed to restate as 4 10/12-year-old child
but my account is like that. Ask your QA person what the account wants JMO
Whoa! Not allowed to ask innocent questions here?
Subject: Whoa! Not allowed to ask innocent questions here?
Veddy interesting.
Name calling is not allowed on MT Stars. Where's our moderator now? Where RU??? Yoo-hoo! (N
Subject: Name calling is not allowed on MT Stars. Where's our moderator now? Where RU??? Yoo-hoo! (NM)
LOL.
Thanks...that option is not allowed as my account is verbatim...
Subject: Thanks...that option is not allowed as my account is verbatim...
I put the word in as dictated with quotes around it and then sent it off to QA. I noticed later that they just deleted it and put a blank and sent it through without the word. Yet one more reason why I hate being on verbatim accounts!
I would expand it to saturating or saturations if allowed. nm
Subject: I would expand it to saturating or saturations if allowed. nm
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Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
Subject: Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
From what I understand anyone can ask a question, including doctors, nurses, techs, etc. I don't understand why you are telling the OP she cannot ask a question here? 
I would type Sr. so-and-so if you're allowed pt names. nm
Subject: I would type Sr. so-and-so if you're allowed pt names. nm
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No test question posts allowed here....
Subject: No test question posts allowed here....
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If allowed, I would reword this...possibly, has not redeveloped a bleed.
Subject: If allowed, I would reword this...possibly, has not redeveloped a bleed.
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Agree with Skipper, though, if allowed, restructuring the sentence would be better. nm
Subject: Agree with Skipper, though, if allowed, restructuring the sentence would be better. nm
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Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Subject: Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Just wondering, for future reference. :)
I never use orthopaedics and it is not allowed by my work specs..so it depends on your company! nm
Subject: I never use orthopaedics and it is not allowed by my work specs..so it depends on your company! nm
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If you are allowed to type superscripts (I cannot use that kind of symbols on my accounts) then you
Subject: If you are allowed to type superscripts (I cannot use that kind of symbols on my accounts) then you can put it also as 10 (superscript 5)
Could it just be 'assure', meaning the family wasn't allowed to watch to be sure it emptied
Subject: Could it just be 'assure', meaning the family wasn't allowed to watch to be sure it emptied? nm
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To capitalize or not to capitalize
Subject: To capitalize or not to capitalize
When the doctor states "a 2-year-old former 30 weeker..." -- is "weeker" capitalized or not? This is in reference to the child having been a preemie.
and I have a hospital that only wants...sm
Subject: and I have a hospital that only wants...sm
T1,N0,M0 with commas and when we did it the BOS way, they came down on all of us.......
give the client/hospital what they would like or demand is the usual and customary way......I do believe...
Should I or should I not capitalize.......
Subject: Should I or should I not capitalize.......
Doc dictates: Patient will need gallium scan, echo, and perhaps later a biopsy of the lung.
Should I capitalize the word "gallium"? 
Thanks in advance for your help!
Hospital course
Subject: Hospital course
An EDG was done and showed several humtakes in the stomach. I have a doctor with an accent and this is what it sounds like he's saying. I am also not sure of the exact definition of EDG. Thank you.
hospital
Subject: hospital
bunky general hospital??????
just a hospital..
Subject: just a hospital..
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hospital course
Subject: hospital course
admitted to the medical floor, made NPO
What would you capitalize?
Subject: What would you capitalize?
The doc says the system being is used is "hand innovations volar locked plating system". Just hand and innovations or the entire thing? Thanks
capitalize
Subject: capitalize
I was taught to capitalize all departments within your hospital that you type for or if you type for a service to capitalize for all hospitals.
Capitalize?
Subject: Capitalize?
Will follow-up in the **new year**. Should this be capitalized? Thanks :)
Please help - Hospital Course
Subject: Please help - Hospital Course
Please help - Hospital Course: Going through s/l (submission) of admission H&P for details. Don't know what it can be.
Hospital Course: Please see ----? nm
Subject: Hospital Course: Please see ----? nm
why capitalize?
Subject: why capitalize?
i have never capitalized that list or otherwise...just out of curiosity what's the reason behind that?
hospital
Subject: hospital
I found Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation. You can check out this site.
http://www.njha.com/directories/dirmemhosalpha.aspx#anchorB
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