Fwd: "Cath" v.

[Mark Mandel]

>From my sister the MT:

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Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM


Interesting. I've only heard:

"The patient must catheterize herself twice a day".  Must be special
to nurses, not doctors.

Only "cath" was as in "the cath lab".


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From: Karl Hagen <karl at polysyllabic.com>



My wife (an RN) confirms that "cath" as a verb is the normal jargon on all the
hospital floors she's worked.

Mark Mandel

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