Wednesday Transcription Tip- Transcribing Sutures
Posted by Chad Sines on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 @ 06:00 AM
Transcribing sutures is a common stumbling block for many transcriptionists. Diane Gilmore, one of Med-Line's instructors, has provided this tip to help out.
Suture sizes range from 11-0 (smallest) to 7 (largest). Thus a size 7 suture is different from and larger than a size 7-0 suture. Use 0 or 1-0 for single-aught sutures. Use the "digit hyphen zero" style to express sizes 2-0 through 11-0. Express sizes 1 through 7 with whole numbers. Place the # symbol before the size if the word "number" is dictated. See page 251 of the BOS 3rd ed. for more information about this.
Examples:
1-0 nylon or 0 nylon
2-0 nylon, NOT 00 nylon
4-0 Vicryl, NOT 0000 Vicryl