Log Book Abbreviations

One of our responsibilities as Mohs techs is to make sure the slide labels and logbook information is correct and CLIA compliant. Here are the most commonly abbreviated orientation and directional terms:

The following terms should never be abbreviated in the logbook or label, even if its written shorthand on the map:

Less common directional terms (eg. pareital, distal, radial, ulnar, dorsal, etc) should be written out as well. If you see any abbreviated term on a map that you are unsure of, ask the staff what it stands for and write out the whole word  in the logbook/labels.