Antonia  +  92333 Fri, 22 Apr 05 07:43 AM Hi, What does it mean when a doctor says to a nurse for a patient: ''Dip her urine stat.'' I'm confused with teh word ''stat'' here. Thank you. Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266

	abbie1948  +  92813 Sun, 24 Apr 05 01:03 AM Hi Antonia, "stat" is short for the Latin word "statim" which means 'immediately'. It is therefore an instruction to do something immediately or urgently. abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie

	abbie1948  +  93568 Tue, 26 Apr 05 11:19 AM Hi Pertiwi, As a medical instruction it does come from the Latin "statim" - and is used on drug charts etc. to indicate that a dose of medication should be given immediately. It may have been adapted in other situations to mean 'short turn around time' - although this would not make sense in the context of dipping a test stick into a urine specimen. The prevailing use of Latin in medical instructions may be to ensure universal understanding. abbie1948

	PAGAL  +  94345 Thu, 28 Apr 05 09:56 PM Hi Abbie, Pertiwi, and Antonia I am pleased with your discussion. Let me also share. I am a proof reader in a Medical Transcription Company and I have come across the following sentence a number of times - "Labs were done stat in the office." Does not it represent that STAT means "at the same time" or "immediately". PAGAL Joined on Tue, Apr 19 2005 India New Member 27 Love Thyself

	abbie1948  +  94348 Thu, 28 Apr 05 10:05 PM Hello Pagal, if you are speaking of medical terminology, "stat" always means immediately. This entry from Webster: Main Entry: stat Function: abbreviation Latin statim - immediately; abbie1948 Abbreviations