How To Transcribe Medications

HOW TO TRANSCRIBE MEDICATIONS

1.  Number in list format if more than 1.

          1.  Tylenol.

          2.  Allopurinol.

          3.  Aspirin

2.  Type medication abbreviations as dictated; p.o., b.i.d., t.i.d., etc.

3.  Do not use dangerous abbreviations.  The commonly used ones are:

h.s.

q.h.s.

q.d.

          t.i.w

They should be expanded any where in the document to as below:

h.s. -    at bedtime

q.h.s. - nightly

q.d. -   daily

          q.weekly – every week

4.  In Diagnosis/Diagnoses/Assessment part, all these abbreviations  should be expanded.

5.  If dictated q 6 hours or q 8 hours, it should be transcribed as follows:

                   q.6 h.

                   q.8 h.

     Please check the periods and the spaces carefully.