The colon thing
Posted By: mtkid on 2007-08-22
In Reply to: Never use a colon for military time sm - Rad MT
Subject: The colon thing
Some accounts insist on that darn colon for Military Time, so unfortunately, we need to follow that if that's what they want. QAS
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Colon
Subject: Colon
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Subject: Sorry, that is a colon there, E:A.
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Subject: of redundant colon. nm
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Subject: maybe redundant colon?
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Subject: Verdundant colon?
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Subject: Did she dictate the colon after "murmur?" nm
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Subject: Colon cancer staging
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Subject: adenomatous colon polyps? nm
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Subject: maybe transverse colon mesentery end??
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Never use a colon for military time sm
Subject: Never use a colon for military time sm
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0100 hours
1300 hours
1645 hours
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(Former Air Force member here - got that drilled into me during basic training.)
But the right colon is mentioned in findings. Can we have
Subject: But the right colon is mentioned in findings. Can we have
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hostral ascending colon
Subject: hostral ascending colon
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Subject: So after t.i.d. I'll use a colon and I believe missing unit is ten. Clearing up, thanks! nm
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