Jun 14, 2013 21:55
10 yrs ago
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English term
United States
Plate or Print
English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Responses
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stamp with an ID card or print in block letters
Lorenab23 has correctly explained the meaning in the discussion section.
There seems to remain some debate, so I am adding my two cents since I have absolute confidence in this area. I own a medical clinic and use these systems on a daily basis for the past thirty years.
To guarantee legibility, the hospital wants the demographic information of the patient to be stamped with an ID card (the "plate") or printed in block letters, not flowing handwriting.
In the early days, the ID plate was literally a metal plate with the name, ID number, phone number etc embossed on the plate. This was subsequently replaced with plastic plates resembling credit cards. Today, with computerized systems, we usually use a computer generated stick-on label.
By saying "print", the hospital is simply saying that if these automated systems are not available, write the name, ID number, etc in BLOCK LETTERS.
There seems to remain some debate, so I am adding my two cents since I have absolute confidence in this area. I own a medical clinic and use these systems on a daily basis for the past thirty years.
To guarantee legibility, the hospital wants the demographic information of the patient to be stamped with an ID card (the "plate") or printed in block letters, not flowing handwriting.
In the early days, the ID plate was literally a metal plate with the name, ID number, phone number etc embossed on the plate. This was subsequently replaced with plastic plates resembling credit cards. Today, with computerized systems, we usually use a computer generated stick-on label.
By saying "print", the hospital is simply saying that if these automated systems are not available, write the name, ID number, etc in BLOCK LETTERS.
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Sandra Borojevic
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To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/write in
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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2013-06-16 16:26:17 GMT)
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I have not checked the discussion entries at all. So, I have obviously missed the point.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/write in
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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2013-06-16 16:26:17 GMT)
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I have not checked the discussion entries at all. So, I have obviously missed the point.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: I think we all know the various meanings of "print" and don't need definitions . You are ignoring "plate or". Look at LorenaB's discussion entry.
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Tony M
: As Gallagy says, you have missed the point of the question, which is the specific juxtaposition of these two terms.
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Discussion
http://www.identificationsystemsgroup.com/index.php?page=car...
So, in some hospitals in the US they have little metal or plastic plates that have tha patient information and if you press the plate against the form it will "emboss" the patients info on the form
Here they are asking to either use one of those "plates" or a "label" with the patient information or "print" (write it in)
http://childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site2845/Docum...
Here is another form look at the upper right hand corner....
http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site1935/D...