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Abbreviations!!!!

Have all of the changes in abbreviations sent anyone else over the edge? In the "old days" we took a whole class on all of these crazy abbreviations, finally got used to them, and now we can't use half of them. I am finding it's a very hard habit to break. Every time I go into the office I have a stack of papers that the clerical staff asks me to fix saying that the abbreviations aren't accepted that I'm using. I think they would prefer that I just write everything out, but I don't have the time with all of the paperwork we are expected to do. When I looked up some of the ones they asked me to change, they were still on the "acceptable" list. Anyone else dealing with this?

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Traveler yes it can be frustrating on the changes with documentation. Grab a copy of their abbreviation policy for the agency and use that list. It will save you alot of headaches.

renerian

Sounds like not using abrev.'s at all would be more economical than re-doing all your paperwork.

JCAHO put in a list of "do not use" abbreviations in their 2005 safety goals. If you are a JCAHO certified agency, then you must follow their standards. It is a hard habit to break and took months of auditing charts and sending back records for correction. Even now an unacceptable abbreviation slips through.

Good luck.

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