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Subject: Abbreviations
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400
Author: Mary Ellen A Scott
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Subject: Re: Abbreviations
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:45:18 -0500
Author: Jerry King
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:42:36 -0600
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From: Alan Hall <ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: Abbreviations
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Mary Ellen,
Good luck. We fought this out in medicine for many years. D
oes "PND" mean "Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea" or "Post-Nasal Drip"?
(Depends on whether you are on the cardiology or the ENT service at the ti
me.)
I have been on several committes trying to delop a list of standard abbrevi
ations. The problem has always been to get everyone to use the list
, rather than their own idiosycratic abbreviations. In my experie
nce (not in the labortory), it has always been a dismal failure.
Works OK when only 1 person needs to read the results; falls apart when m
ultiple persons must.
For clairity and lack of confusion/error, my opinion is that it is always
best to write things out fully.
Just my medical 2 cents.
Alan
Alan H. Hall, M.D.
ahalltoxic**At_Symbol_Here**msn.com
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:30:01 -0400
From: mas35**At_Symbol_Here**CASE.EDU
Subject:
[DCHAS-L] Abbreviations
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
To Everyone,
What is your opinion of allowing laboratories to use abbreviations and
short hand as long as a key to those abbreviations
is kept in a conspicuous location and is clearly identified?
Thoughts? and Thanks
Mary Ellen
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