Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 I am very frustrated that I cannot find my notes about this from when it came up at school. This is what I remember about it: Hemoccult, with a cap and 2 c's, is the brand name of a test which is used to detect occult blood in the stool. I have confirmed this with the definition in Dorland's. There are also listings for " Hemoccult Senza " and " Hemoccult II " in Vera Pyle's book. Any other spelling (including that which you'll find in the Medical Phrase Index) is incorrect. This I remember being told. I do believe, if you're following the BOS rules, that there should be a hyphen when phrased with positive or negative following the test name: Hemoccult-positive or Hemoccult-negative. (noun-adjective compound; see p.95 of 2nd edition). The example of this in the BOS is: The condition is medication-resistant. Something which is heme-negative or heme-positive is entirely different, and I seem to recall being told that " heme " is not likely to be coupled with " positive " or " negative " in reports, anyway, but I might be totally off the mark here. Hope this clarifies more than it confuses! Michele s School student Re: Anyone working today? > > I have had the exact same problems with this word too. > > Please tell me if I am correct here? > > You would put Hemoccult negative, Hemoccult positive, but heme-negative, and heme-positive? > > Now what about when we see Hemocult spelled with only one 'c' instead of two? > > Is this something completely different? > > If it is an alternate spelling of the word, then which would be the preferred spelling? > > Sherry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 Michele: I agree with most of your post; however, I do have a lot of doctors who say heme-negative and heme-positive (notice the hyphen), and that can be documented in Stedman's GI words. Pattie > Something which is heme-negative or heme-positive is entirely different, and > I seem to recall being told that " heme " is not likely to be coupled with > " positive " or " negative " in reports, anyway, but I might be totally off the > mark here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 I am an s student in Module III. The phrase book is exactly where I kept seeing Hemocult with one 'c'. I thought it was wrong. I am definitely going to change this in the phrase book. I don't have the 2nd edition BOS. Maybe I should take this into consideration and purchase it. I must have read this on the school's board about Hemoccult and heme-negative, etc. I am not sure. Maybe it's in my Little Red Notebook. LOL Thanks for clearing this up. I do believe you are right. Michele Satanove wrote:I am very frustrated that I cannot find my notes about this from when it came up at school. This is what I remember about it: Hemoccult, with a cap and 2 c's, is the brand name of a test which is used to detect occult blood in the stool. I have confirmed this with the definition in Dorland's. There are also listings for " Hemoccult Senza " and " Hemoccult II " in Vera Pyle's book. Any other spelling (including that which you'll find in the Medical Phrase Index) is incorrect. This I remember being told. I do believe, if you're following the BOS rules, that there should be a hyphen when phrased with positive or negative following the test name: Hemoccult-positive or Hemoccult-negative. (noun-adjective compound; see p.95 of 2nd edition). The example of this in the BOS is: The condition is medication-resistant. Something which is heme-negative or heme-positive is entirely different, and I seem to recall being told that " heme " is not likely to be coupled with " positive " or " negative " in reports, anyway, but I might be totally off the mark here. Hope this clarifies more than it confuses! Michele s School student Re: Anyone working today? > > I have had the exact same problems with this word too. > > Please tell me if I am correct here? > > You would put Hemoccult negative, Hemoccult positive, but heme-negative, and heme-positive? > > Now what about when we see Hemocult spelled with only one 'c' instead of two? > > Is this something completely different? > > If it is an alternate spelling of the word, then which would be the preferred spelling? > > Sherry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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