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HEALTH SERVICE UNIT [11 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
CONT

Where an inmate has been assessed as severely mentally retarded, the psychologist will refer the individual to the institutional Health Care Unit for subsequent referral by the medical team to a provincial mental health facility or a Correctional Service Canada Regional Psychiatric Centre.

OBS

The term "mental institution" may be considered offensive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Genitourinary Surgery
OBS

The Winnipeg Ostomy Association(WOA) [is] a self-help group formed in 1972 to assist people with ostomy and related surgeries in Winnipeg and the surrounding area. [It is] strictly a volunteer organization, depending on member involvement to operate and on membership dues to pay expenses.... The Winnipeg Ostomy Association(WOA) is a chapter of the Ostomy Canada Society, a national voluntary health organization dedicated to assisting people who have or will have intestinal or urinary tract diversions. [The WOA provides] a visiting program to those having ostomy related sureries. Trained and certified members visit people having ostomy surgery, either pre-or post-operatively, and provide information, share experiences and give emotional support. [It] also [provides] educational service support to the family unit advocacy and [promotes its] services to the public and professional communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Chirurgie génito-urinaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Dietetics
  • Prostheses
  • Pharmacy
Universal entry(ies)
3219
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This unit group includes medical technologists and technicians not elsewhere classified, such as dietary technicians, pharmacy technicians, ocularists, prosthetists, orthotists, prosthetic technicians and orthotic technicians. Dietary technicians are employed in health care and commercial food service establishments such as hospitals, extended care facilities, nursing homes, schools, cafeterias and fast food outlets. Pharmacy technicians are employed in retail and hospital pharmacies, long-term care facilities and by pharmaceutical manufacturers. Ocularists are employed in custom ocular prosthetic laboratories, or they may be self-employed. Prosthetists, orthotists and prosthetic and orthotic technicians are employed in hospitals, clinics, prosthetics and orthotics laboratories, and prosthetic device manufacturing companies. Prosthetists and orthotists may also be self-employed.

OBS

3219: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Diététique
  • Prothèses
  • Pharmacie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
3219
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce groupe de base comprend les technologues et les techniciens médicaux, non classés ailleurs, tels que les techniciens en diététique, les techniciens en pharmacie, les ocularistes, les prothésistes, les orthésistes, les techniciens prothésistes et les techniciens orthésistes. Les techniciens en diététique travaillent dans des établissements de soins de santé et de services alimentaires commerciaux comme les centres hospitaliers, établissements de soins prolongés, maisons de soins infirmiers, établissements d'enseignements, cafétérias et distributeurs de restauration rapide. Les techniciens en pharmacie travaillent dans des pharmacies de détail, des pharmacies de centres hospitaliers, des établissements de soins de longue durée et pour des fabricants de produits pharmaceutiques. Les ocularistes travaillent dans des laboratoires de prothèses oculaires sur mesure ou ils peuvent être des travailleurs autonomes. Les prothésistes, les orthésistes, les techniciens prothésistes et les techniciens orthésistes travaillent dans des centres hospitaliers, des cliniques, des laboratoires de prothèses et d'orthèses et dans des entreprises de fabrication d'appareils de prothèse. Les prothésistes et les orthésistes peuvent également être des travailleurs autonomes.

OBS

3219 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Security
Universal entry(ies)
6541
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This unit group includes workers who guard and implement security measures to protect property against theft, vandalism and fire, control access to establishments, maintain order and enforce regulations at public events and within establishments, conduct private investigations for clients or employers and provide other protective services not elsewhere classified. They are employed by public or private security agencies, residential complexes, educational, cultural, financial and health institutions, retail establishments, businesses and industry, investigation service companies, transportation facilities, and organizations throughout the private and public sectors, or they may be self-employed.

OBS

6541: classification system code in the National Occupational Classification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Sécurité
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
6541
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Les agents de sécurité et le personnel assimilé appliquent des mesures de sécurité et surveillent les propriétés afin de prévenir le vol, le vandalisme et le feu, contrôlent l'accès aux établissements, maintiennent l'ordre et font respecter les règlements à l'occasion d'événements publics et dans les établissements, mènent des enquêtes privées pour des clients ou des employeurs, et fournissent d'autres services de protection non classés ailleurs. Ils travaillent dans des sociétés de sécurité publiques ou privées, des complexes résidentiels, des institutions éducatives, culturelles, financières et de santé, des établissements de vente au détail, des entreprises et l'industrie, des entreprises de services d'enquêtes, des installations de transport et des organisations des secteurs privé et public, ou ils peuvent être des travailleurs autonomes.

OBS

6541 : code du système de classification de la Classification nationale des professions.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Work collaboratively with internal and external partners such as regional and national mental health expertise, Regional Client Services Unit, Regional Pension Unit, Montreal District Office Client Service Team members...

OBS

district office client service team: Term found in a work description for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Collaborer avec des partenaires internes et externes, comme les spécialistes régionaux et nationaux en santé mentale, l'unité régionale des services aux clients, l'unité régionale des pensions, les membres de l'équipe des services aux clients du bureau de district de Montréal [...]

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
DEF

A list detailing a base’s regular and reserve force units and the specific Care Delivery Unit (CDU) they are rostered to.

OBS

The plan outlines any special occupational health or language service requirements a CDU must provide to appropriately meet specific unit needs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
DEF

Liste des unités de la Force régulière et de la Réserve d'une base et unité de soins primaires (USP) spécifique où sont inscrits les membres de ces éléments.

OBS

Le plan fait état de différents besoins spéciaux en rapport avec l'hygiène du travail ou les services linguistiques qu'une USP doit offrir pour répondre adéquatement aux besoins spécifiques d'une unité.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

Public Service Commission of Canada.

Key term(s)
  • PSHU

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Commission de la fonction publique du Canada.

Key term(s)
  • IFF

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

University of Toronto. The Centre for Health Promotion is an extra-departmental unit of the Department of Public Health Sciences, in the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. It was established in 1989 as a result of efforts of faculty and students in the Division of Community Health, and was funded initially through the Bertha Rosenstadt Endowment Fund. Its mission is to conduct research and educational activities as well as to provide service in the field of health promotion, defined as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
Key term(s)
  • Centre de promotion de la santé

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Hygiene and Health

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Unité de formation, Halifax.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

This mobile, after-hours service for psychiatric emergencies is jointly operated by the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service(GVMHS) and the Vancouver Police Department. M. H. E. S./Car 87, an unmarked police patrol unit operated by a mental health nurse and a plain clothes police officer, responds daily to mental health emergencies in downtown Vancouver between the hours of 5 p. m. and 3 a. m.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Ce service volant et permanent de soins psychiatriques d'urgence est géré conjointement par le Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service et le Service de police de Vancouver. Le M.H.E.S./Car 87, un véhicule de patrouille banalisé utilisé par une infirmière en santé mentale et un policier en civil pour répondre quotidiennement aux demandes de soins d'urgence en santé mentale au centre-ville de Vancouver, entre 17h et 3h.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

Other health projects of the Community Action Program include neighborhood health centers in which all existing publicly financed health services are integrated and comprehensive outpatient services can be provided to all members of a family at a single, conveniently located building. Centers are staffed and operated by professional persons, but neighborhood residents are involved in such a way as to ensure response to needs of those using services.

OBS

for "community service unit" : These synonyms may have a broader meaning than the main entry word since they can also encompass personal social services as well as health services, but this is not always the case.

Key term(s)
  • neighbourhood health centre
  • neighbourhood health center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
CONT

Le C.L.S. [centre local de santé] veille à ce que les soins soient disponibles et accessibles à tous. [Il] assure la prise en charge complète et continue des malades [...]

OBS

Il n'existe pas d'équivalent parfait pour l'expression anglaise puisque le découpage de la réalité n'est pas le même au Canada français. Les termes proposés ici sont donc ceux qui représentent le plus près le concept, sans correspondre entièrement à la notion anglaise.

Spanish

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