Abbreviation for ointment - Page 2

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  1. Aug 27, '11 by
    what the heck is tao? lemme guess a bit here, it's a wound care thang, so, umm, touch and umm, ah, nope, that doesn't work. tacos and onions? i know honey can be good for yucky wounds (really), but seems like the taco shell might be irritating. terrible awful occlusive? keeps the smell down, i guess.

    is this some sort of local abbreviation?
  2. Aug 27, '11 by
    What's wrong with "ointment"?
  3. Aug 27, '11 by
    Quote from grntea
    what the heck is tao? lemme guess a bit here, it's a wound care thang, so, umm, touch and umm, ah, nope, that doesn't work. tacos and onions? i know honey can be good for yucky wounds (really), but seems like the taco shell might be irritating. terrible awful occlusive? keeps the smell down, i guess.

    is this some sort of local abbreviation?
    triple antibiotic ointment, most likely.
  4. Aug 27, '11 by
    Quote from MunoRN
    What's wrong with "ointment"?
    Nothing is wrong with ointment. Unguent is just a holdover from way back when, as are many medical terms used today.
  5. Aug 27, '11 by
    thanks. i used that stuff for years and never once heard it called that. must be a local thang.
  6. Aug 27, '11 by
    Ive personally never seen any in hospital order for "TAO". I guess a physician can order anything in his office. Triple Antibiotic Ointment is OTC. In the hospital all I ever saw was those little one time use squirts of Bacitracin.
  7. Aug 27, '11 by
    Quote from grntea
    what the heck is tao? lemme guess a bit here, it's a wound care thang, so, umm, touch and umm, ah, nope, that doesn't work. tacos and onions? i know honey can be good for yucky wounds (really), but seems like the taco shell might be irritating. terrible awful occlusive? keeps the smell down, i guess.

    is this some sort of local abbreviation?
    could be- saw it all the time in multiple central tx cities/towns, and in il