Question about fractions
Posted By: sm on 2008-03-20
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Subject: Question about fractions
If dictator says a medication was decreased by 'one-quarter'or increased by 'one-half'. How am I to type this? Do I type 1/4 and 1/2 or do I type 0.25 and 0.5?
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fractions
I would type 0.25 if pertaining to medication or lab values. I was told never type in fraction form. So, if I had a doubt, I would spell it out one-fourth.
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Thanks. I appreciate it. I had a corrected report and the correction was wrong because it did not have a hyphen. It lowered my score but then that picky QA needs some listen in typing out fractions.
fractions
Subject: fractions
there are fractions, like 6b, etc. Check that out and see if that is what it is.
fractions
Subject: fractions
I always type out fractions, i.e., one-quarter, one-half, as it can be confused with 1-2 or 1-4 even if written 1/4, 1/2.
No fractions
Subject: No fractions
You should not be using fractions with a metric unit. If they say "four-and-a-half cc," that gets transcribed as 4.5 cc (or mL). You can use fractions with non-metric units like inches or days or whatever.
fractions in reports
What is acceptable, 1/4 or one-fourth? Thanks.
You do not use fractions with metric system.
Subject: You do not use fractions with metric system.
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I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
Subject: I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
and I think you need another decimal place
0.0038-inch-diameter
or
1/38,000-inch-diameter (but this = 0.0000263)
and now I really have a headache!
a tough one--drugs that use "grains" and fractions thereof
Subject: a tough one--drugs that use "grains" and fractions thereof
That's right, go ahead and run off when you see my boring hard question!!
Okay, I've have to say that I never really got the "grain" concept in terms of drug usage and was too lazy to ask my instructors back in the day, and now my lack of knowledge has come back to haunt me. The doc says this patient is taking "three-fourths of a grain of phenobarbital." How do I transcribe this? Anyone?
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