° for temperature & degrees for angles

[Guest guest]

Grrrr, I forgot about this ruling in the AAMT book, regarding

using the ° for temperature and spelling out degrees for angles,

etc. in surgery.

Yes, I read the orthopedic operative notes at work and people are

using ° all the time instead of spelling it out. I know, many

transcriptionists actually never heard of the AAMT handbook and

would go nuts if a newbie pointed this out to them. I think the

q & a people don't even know.

In summary, are most medical transcriptionists sticking with this

darn rule in the AAMT handbook or has it become the norm to use:

° instead of degrees for both temperatures and angles?

Thanks in advance, Bill