Medical Transcipton:
Transcribing Laboratory Tests Submitted By: Connie Limon The number of
new diagnostic laboratory tests has dramatically increased over the past
decade or so. The complexity of the tests offered is also greater than
ever before in medical history. This growth in the field of laboratory
medicine is due to the demand by physicians for new and improved diagnostic
procedures and the ever-expanding capacity of modern technology to meet
this demand with more
more sophisticated laboratory methods and equipment.A medical transcriptionist
will come in contact with dictation on a daily basis that details results
of laboratory tests performed on patients. The medical transcriptionist
is required to transcribe the material with accuracy. It is extremely
important for the medical transcriptionist to be familiar with the names
and abbreviations of many laboratory tests, the reasons they are available
to physicians,
the meaning of the lab results.Hospital laboratories are equipped to handle
hundreds of tests each day. Larger hospitals perform all standard laboratory
tests, as well as uncommon tests, which may be required by a smaller hospital
or clinic whose facilities are not equipped to handle unusual tests.There
are many brief forms, slang, and special terms associated with the blood.
Brief forms are acceptable in medical reports, however, the medical transcriptionist
should always spell out in full any slang words which are dictated. Examples
are: Monos is an acceptable brief form that the physician may dictate.
The medical transcriptionist should type monocytes. Lytes is a slang term
the physician may use in dictation. The medical transcriptionist should
type electrolytes.Other common tests include: Hemoglobin and hematocrit:
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