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HEALTH STATIONS [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
CONT

What is assessed during a health inspection. Inspections comprehensively assess food safety in the food establishment. Of course, inspections assess kitchen and "back of the house" areas such as storerooms, cleaning areas, dish rooms, coolers and freezers, food preparation, and food holding areas. In addition, inspections will also generally include the outside premises(parking lot and dumpster and/or recycling areas) and the front of the house(server stations, dining rooms, and restrooms) as these may also impact the operation of the food establishment in providing safe food for customers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
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Record 2 2012-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Utilities (Civil Engineering)
  • Public Property
  • Protection of Property
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A facility that is of capital importance to a society or community for conducting its day-to-day activities and whose compromise would have severe consequences on its effective functioning.

CONT

Examples of critical facilities include hospitals and health clinics, nursing homes, police and fire stations, transportation systems, bridges, water and wastewater management facilities, electrical facilities, schools, banks, broadcast stations and prisons.

OBS

critical facility: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

critical facility: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • critical facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services d'utilité publique (Génie civil)
  • Propriétés publiques
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Installation qui est d'importance capitale pour qu'une société ou une collectivité puisse mener ses activités quotidiennes et dont la compromission aurait de graves conséquences sur son fonctionnement efficace.

CONT

Les installations indispensables comprennent les hôpitaux et les cliniques médicales, les foyers pour personnes âgées, les commissariats de police et les casernes de pompiers, les systèmes de transport, les ponts, les installations de gestion des eaux et des eaux usées, les installations d'énergie électrique, les écoles, les banques, les stations de radiodiffusion et les prisons.

OBS

Dans le contexte des infrastructures essentielles, l'adjectif «indispensable» rend «critical». L'adjectif «essentiel» est réservé pour rendre «essential», sauf dans les expressions «infrastructure essentielle», «ressource essentielle» et «tâche essentielle».

OBS

installation indispensable; installation essentielle; installation critique : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

OBS

installation indispensable : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • installations indispensables
  • installations essentielles
  • installations critiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios públicos (Ingeniería civil)
  • Propiedad pública
  • Protección de los bienes
  • Gestión de emergencias
Key term(s)
  • instalaciones fundamentales
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Record 3 2012-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

In use at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

En usage au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2000-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Protection of Life
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The design of the mill... The location of(a) control stations and control rooms;(b) ore storage facilities; and(c) eye wash fountains, safety showers, drinking water fountains, first aid stations, lunch rooms, fume hoods and their discharge points, shower facilities, change rooms and other health and safety facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
OBS

Terme proposé en accord avec la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire.

Spanish

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