RE: Official PT abbreviations

[Guest guest]

Try Stedman's standard abbreviations.

Sue Krieg

Compliance Manager

RehabCenter - Regional West Medical Center

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> Official PT abbreviations

>

> >Group,

> > I am looking for a list of " official " accepted physical therapy

> >abbreviations. I have a friend who is under going a federal survey

> at her

> >SNF this week. The survey team is making an issue of the

> abbreviations used

> >by the facility... particularly in therapy. The are specifically

> stating

> >that they cannot use RW for rolling walker is their documentation.

> Does

> >anyone know of anything she can cite to support the use of this

> >abbreviation.. they are giving her until tomorrow 2/15, to convince

> them.

> >HELP! Noreen Vollmer, PT

> Director of Rehab Services

> Stonehedge Health and Rehab

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[Guest guest]

Noreen,

The APTA acute care web site in " Key documents " has list of common terms and

abbreviations.

See the below link:

http://www.acutept.org/commonterm.pdf

Most hospitals have lists of approved abbreviations and they generally have only

a few " rehab " type ones as NWB and LE.

One can use an abbreviation if somewhere on the form or note it is spelled out.

Good luck.

Bonnie Swafford, PT

Manager of Physical Therapy

University of Kansas Hospital

>>> " Noreen V " 2/14/2007 6:53 PM >>>

>Group,

> I am looking for a list of " official " accepted physical therapy

>abbreviations. I have a friend who is under going a federal survey

at her

>SNF this week. The survey team is making an issue of the

abbreviations used

>by the facility... particularly in therapy. The are specifically

stating

>that they cannot use RW for rolling walker is their documentation.

Does

>anyone know of anything she can cite to support the use of this

>abbreviation.. they are giving her until tomorrow 2/15, to convince

them.

>HELP! Noreen Vollmer, PT

Director of Rehab Services

Stonehedge Health and Rehab

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group.

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[Guest guest]

Our hospital also has an approved abbreviations list. There were not

many that applied to rehab, but we were successful in adding the ones

we needed. We also put those that we still feel might not be readily

understood on the form so that other healthcare providers can

interpret our documentation easily.

The APTA list does not have an abbreviation for roller walker.

Possibly your surveyors would allow you to correct this issue by

either having it added to your facilitie's list, or by creating an

approved list in your SOP?

Good Luck!

Emery, PT, MA

Clinical Learning Specialist

Lakeland Regional Medical Center

Lakeland, Fl

>

> Noreen,

> The APTA acute care web site in " Key documents " has list of common

terms and abbreviations.

> See the below link:

>

> http://www.acutept.org/commonterm.pdf

>

> Most hospitals have lists of approved abbreviations and they

generally have only a few " rehab " type ones as NWB and LE.

> One can use an abbreviation if somewhere on the form or note it is

spelled out.

> Good luck.

>

> Bonnie Swafford, PT

> Manager of Physical Therapy

> University of Kansas Hospital

>

> >>> " Noreen V " 2/14/2007 6:53 PM >>>

> >Group,

> > I am looking for a list of " official " accepted physical therapy

> >abbreviations. I have a friend who is under going a federal survey

> at her

> >SNF this week. The survey team is making an issue of the

> abbreviations used

> >by the facility... particularly in therapy. The are specifically

> stating

> >that they cannot use RW for rolling walker is their documentation.

> Does

> >anyone know of anything she can cite to support the use of this

> >abbreviation.. they are giving her until tomorrow 2/15, to convince

> them.

> >HELP! Noreen Vollmer, PT

> Director of Rehab Services

> Stonehedge Health and Rehab

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> From predictions to trailers, check out the MSN Entertainment Guide

to the

> Academy Awards*

> http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline1

>

>

>

> In ALL messages to PTManager you must identify yourself, your

discipline and your location or else your message will not be

approved to send to the full group.

>

> PTManager encourages participation in your professional

association. Join APTA, AOTA or ASHA and participate now!

>

> Visit the NEW and IMPROVED www.InHomeRehab.com.

>

>

[Guest guest]

After trying to maintain a list of acceptable and non-acceptable

abbreviations, our system chucked the former and now uses the

Stedman's guide. If it's in there, it can be used. They have a

website, www.stedmans.com, or you can buy it from other purveyors like

Amazon. (so far the only thing we've found not in the guide that

should be there is " COTA " ).

Dan Gaskell

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, VA

-- In PTManager , " Bonnie Swafford " wrote:

>

> Noreen,

> The APTA acute care web site in " Key documents " has list of common

terms and abbreviations.

> See the below link:

>

> http://www.acutept.org/commonterm.pdf

>

> Most hospitals have lists of approved abbreviations and they

generally have only a few " rehab " type ones as NWB and LE.

> One can use an abbreviation if somewhere on the form or note it is

spelled out.

> Good luck.

>

> Bonnie Swafford, PT

> Manager of Physical Therapy

> University of Kansas Hospital

>

> >>> " Noreen V " 2/14/2007 6:53 PM >>>

> >Group,

> > I am looking for a list of " official " accepted physical therapy

> >abbreviations. I have a friend who is under going a federal survey

> at her

> >SNF this week. The survey team is making an issue of the

> abbreviations used

> >by the facility... particularly in therapy. The are specifically

> stating

> >that they cannot use RW for rolling walker is their documentation.

> Does

> >anyone know of anything she can cite to support the use of this

> >abbreviation.. they are giving her until tomorrow 2/15, to convince

> them.

> >HELP! Noreen Vollmer, PT

> Director of Rehab Services

> Stonehedge Health and Rehab

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> From predictions to trailers, check out the MSN Entertainment Guide

to the

> Academy Awards*

> http://movies.msn.com/movies/oscars2007/?icid=ncoscartagline1

>

>

>

> In ALL messages to PTManager you must identify yourself, your

discipline and your location or else your message will not be approved

to send to the full group.

>

> PTManager encourages participation in your professional association.

Join APTA, AOTA or ASHA and participate now!

>

> Visit the NEW and IMPROVED www.InHomeRehab.com.

>

>