AAA- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ABG – Arterial Blood Gas(test) ABDI- Ankle Brachial Pressure Index ACBT-Active Cycle of breathing technique ACT-Activated Clotting Time AF – Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation ALs- Activities of Living AMI-Acute Myocardial Infarction APR- Abdominal Perineal Resection APTT – Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time AS-Added Sounds ASD-Atrial Septal Defect ASL-Alternate Side Lying AVR-Aortic Value Replacement AW – Awaiting AXR-Abdominal X-ray BBS-Bronchial Breath
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1. RA (disease) - Rheumatoid arthritis - chronic systemic disease‚ primarily of the joints‚ marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures‚ 2. RDA (parameter/ value) - recommended daily allowance; recommended dietary allowance - The Recommended Dietary Allowance or RDA (sometimes referred to as Recommended Daily Allowance) is defined as "the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements
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A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.chipsplace.com/helpful/Airbus/A%20to%20Z.htm#Abbreviations A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms (complete list found in back of PH) The really short list of Airbus acronyms and abbreviations: (before you get to it try to figure out what THS is) α – Stands for ALPHA as in α PROT. Refers to Angle of Attack. ACM – Air Cycle Machine ACP – Audio Control Panel‚ allows pilot to select which radios or interphones to listen to. ADIRS - Air Data Inertial Reference
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Abbreviations‚ Acronyms‚ And Initialisms Any shortened form of a word is an abbreviation‚ for example‚ etc. for etcetera and Oct. for October; but acronyms are special kinds of abbreviations‚ such as ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing) and OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)‚ that can be pronounced as words. This makes them a subset of abbreviations. All acronyms are abbreviations‚ but not all abbreviations are acronyms. Initialisms are another type of abbreviation. They are often
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“Forbidden” Abbreviations After reading JCAHO “Forbidden” Abbreviations‚ I learned that a newly discovered list of outlawed abbreviations was put into place. This requires all organizations to gather easily mistaken abbreviations‚ acronyms‚ and symbols and ban them. Accuracy is extremely important when writing prescriptions. Without enough attention to detail‚ mistakes can often be made. These simple mistakes can lead to many major problems. I do believe by banning these abbreviations many problems
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University of the West‚ Timişoara Abstract: An important element of what is generally referred to as translation competence is represented by the translator’s ability to offer an appropriate treatment of the culturallyembedded words‚ phrases and structures presented by the source text. What are the most effective means by which the translator trainer can help his/her students develop cultural competence? What are the translation trainees’ needs with regard to cultural training‚ and what kind of difficulties
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GUEST TYPES; 1. Confidential 2. Government official 3. VIP 4. With Reservation 5. Walk Ins 6. Owner/Board of Director 7. Returning Guest 8. Employees 9. Celebrity MARKET SEGMENT ABBREVIATION CODE: 1. HU = House Use 2. Comp = Complimentary 3. Corp = Corporation 4. IT = Individual Travelers 5. FIT = Rack rate 6. LSG = Long Staying Guest 7. ALCO = All charges to Company 8. MTCO = Meal only To Company 9. RMCO = Room
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Benefits of Medical Abbreviations There are many benefits of medical abbreviations. One benefit of medical abbreviations is how much easier it makes it to read a chart. This speeds up the process by knowing the abbreviations and the use of them. It is nice to simplify things by using medical abbreviations when it is a busy day. The other reason to use medical abbreviations is so that only the medical personnel will know what is being described. It is a very efficient way of maintaining a patient’s
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Medical Terminology‚ Hit 107 40967600 Abbreviations are a great way to reduce handwriting errors‚ and medical term errors in the healthcare field. Eliminating abbreviation errors could reduce medication errors. One major cause of errors is dangerous abbreviations and medical doses and expressions. You can add more letters to reduce these errors. The errors are unreadable or confusing handwriting by
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Client Recommendation Paper: Retain‚ Refer or Release BSHS 331 When seeing clients as human services professionals it is our job to make sure we are providing the client with all the care they need. If we are unable to provide the care that they need within our own facility we must provide them with the resources so that they can get the help that is required. It is not only our responsibility to our client but it is also our ethical obligation to outsource to a different agency if we
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