Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0971 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Symbols Misread as Letters
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The idea
Certain symbols are error-prone in records because they resemble letters or digits when written by hand.
In practice
The at symbol can be read as the digit two, and the recommendation is that the word at is written out.
Where people slip
Symbols save keystrokes and lose clarity, which is the trade this unit is about.
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