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Capitalization

Posted By: AngieAngie on 2007-10-30
In Reply to: Yes, if they're brand names... - OPMT

How about if a patient is taking "melatonin", should this be capitalized?


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Capitalization

Isn't it true that you would only capitalized the acutal name of the clinic and not the speciality of the clinic?


Capitalization
Thanks to all.  I did not mean to yell, just forgot the rules.  My BOS is on the way.  Again, thank you.
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I am just brain dead this morning.  I took a test and was not sure about the cap rules. 


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Capitalization of Cardiology
I was taught (and it is required by my company) that you capitalize a word not usually capitalized when it is used as an entity as it is in your example (used to mean someone in the cardiology dept). A good example is when a doc says "An orogastric tube was placed by Anesthesia" you would capitalize anesthesia, as it refers to a person and not "the thing" of anesthesia. If not capitalized, it calls to mind some kind of anesthesia (endotrachial, perhaps?) placing the orogastric tube. Capitlizing it adds clarity.
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I recently had two different QA people give me two different answers to a capitalization problem regarding clinic names.  What are the rules for capitalizing clinics and specialties?  If the doctor dictates, "The patient will be seen in the Cardiac Clinic . . . ." do you capitalize those two words?  I have one QA saying yes, one saying no.  If the doctor dictates, "The patient was seen by Cardiology . . . " do you capitalize "cardiology"?  Again, one QA says yes, one says no.  TIA