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HOSPITAL STANDARDS [17 records]

Record 1 2025-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
CONT

Veterinary hospitals offer higher standards of service than normal veterinary clinics. At a veterinary hospital, services are often available at all times and there are full facilities for all kinds of examination, diagnosis, prophylaxis, medical treatment and surgery. Vet hospitals are also able to provide accommodation and nursing care for their patients and some can do it on a 24-hour basis, just like human hospitals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
CONT

Es habitual que se confundan consultorios con clínicas o con hospitales veterinarios.

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Record 2 2025-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

... the number of beds which the hospital is designed to accommodate on the basis of established standards of floor area per bed...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

[...] nombre de lits que l'établissement a eu l'autorisation d'installer, en fonction de la superficie de sol fixée par lit.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Library Science
CONT

A medical records administrator is responsible for overseeing the medical records systems of a hospital, clinic, or medical center. This may include managing a staff that performs any number of tasks to ensure that medical records are secure and maintained in accordance with any applicable standards or regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Bibliothéconomie
CONT

Le travail des archivistes médicaux est indispensable : ils vérifient, valident, codifient et exploitent les données reçues et sont les premiers répondants auprès des intervenants du réseau quand il faut, par exemple, codifier une nouvelle pathologie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Biblioteconomía
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Record 4 2019-06-10

English

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

[The Aberdeen Health Foundation supports the Aberdeen Hospital' s] fundamental mission to provide quality health care to those in need by providing continuing and coordinated financial support [and] helping the hospital adapt its operations, programs, equipment, and services to ever-changing technologies and improved standards of care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Dentistry
OBS

[The] vision [of the Canadian Association of Hospital Dentists] is "[to shape] the future of hospital dentistry. "As the national voice of Canadian hospital-affiliated dentists, [its] mission is to promote the highest standards of evidence-based oral health care, advance dental education in academic health sciences centres, encourage collaborative research and advocate for access to care for Canadians with complex needs who require dental care in hospital settings.

Key term(s)
  • Hospital Dentists Association of Canada
  • Canada Hospital Dentists Association
  • Canada Association of Hospital Dentists

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Dentisterie
OBS

[La] vision [de l'Association canadienne des dentistes en milieu hospitalier] s'articule autour d'une idée : «Façonner l'avenir de la dentisterie en milieu hospitalier». En tant que voix nationale des dentistes affiliés à des hôpitaux canadiens, [sa] mission est de promouvoir les plus hautes normes de soins de santé buccale basés sur des données probantes, faire progresser l'éducation dentaire dans les centres de sciences de la santé, encourager la recherche collaborative et défendre l'accès aux soins pour les Canadiens ayant des besoins complexes nécessitant des soins dentaires en milieu hospitalier.

Key term(s)
  • Association des dentistes en milieu hospitalier du Canada

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-01-15

English

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

[A] committee [set up] to review best practices, analyze evidence gathered in the operational theatre, suggest research and recommend solutions ... to address health care delivery deficiencies associated with deployed operations.

OBS

In response to the perception of a growing gap between CF [Canadian Forces] and Canadian health-care standards, the Standing Committee on Operational Medicine Review was stood up to conduct an in-depth clinical perspective review of deployed health-care services, from point of injury/illness to arrival in a destination hospital in Canada, in order to further identify deficiencies and recommend solutions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
OBS

En réaction à une impression d'écart croissant entre les normes canadiennes et celles des FC [Forces canadiennes] en matière de soins de santé, le Comité permanent de révision de la médecine opérationnelle (CPRMO) a été mis sur pied en vue d'effectuer un examen clinique approfondi des services de santé déployés, à partir de l'endroit où survient la blessure ou la maladie jusqu'à l'arrivée du patient à l'hôpital au Canada, pour déterminer les lacunes et recommander des solutions.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

MDRAO (Medical Device Reprocessing Association of Ontario) is a provincial non-profit medical device reprocessing (MDR) association and member organization of the World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply.

OBS

Objectives. [...] Promote optimum standards of practice in hospital medical device reprocessing departments conducive to quality patient care; foster and promote co-operation among the membership of the association and share information with one another; encourage, arrange and promote educational programs for and on behalf of the association membership for the advancements of the medical device profession; collect and disseminate information and current data on new and improved techniques and equipment in medical device reprocessing department.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Work Clothes
DEF

Apparel of a utility nature-usually not lined or interlined-for wear as protection against soiling of clothes worn underneath(excludes hospital clothing). [Definition standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board(CGSB). ]

OBS

utility-protective clothing: term standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de travail
DEF

Vêtement pratique - généralement non doublé ni entredoublé - que l'on met par-dessus les autres vêtements pour les protéger. (Vêtements d'hôpital exclus). [Définition normalisée par l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC).]

DEF

Vêtement de travail, utilisé dans l'exercice des activités professionnelles (spécialement, en parlant de travail manuel).

OBS

vêtement de travail : terme normalisé par l'Office des normes générales du Canada (ONGC).

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
DEF

A hospital that has embarked on an extensive review and systematic evaluation of its nursing practice by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

CONT

Magnet hospitals must meet stringent quantitative and qualitative standards that define the highest quality of nursing practice and patient care. Becoming a magnet hospital means that the organization must meet over 65 standards developed by the ANCC.... The magnet designation means that the hospital has created an environment that supports nursing practice and focuses on professional autonomy, decision making at the bedside, nursing involvement in determining the nursing work environment, professional education, career development and nursing leadership.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé
CONT

Le concept des hôpitaux-aimants a été appliqué aux États-Unis et semble avoir donné lieu à une innovation avantageuse sur le plan des politiques. Un hôpital-aimant se définit comme un hôpital réputé pour recruter et retenir des infirmières grâce à des politiques d'emploi progressives et au soutien organisationnel qu'il accorde à la profession infirmière. Cette formule n'est pas encore très répandue au Canada.

OBS

hôpital aimant : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
OBS

[the duties of the medical director shall be] to see that professional and hospital standards are maintained

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé
CONT

L'évolution des fauteuils électriques demande un espace trois à quatre fois supérieur à la norme hospitalière.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

Pursuant to The Hospitals Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

En vertu de la Loi sur les hôpitaux.

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

Scoring systems designed to rate the severity of an illness are being used for comparison of hospital units to identify different standards of care and to allocate resources. One such scoring system is the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation(APACHE) system which is designed to assess the severity of illness of patients in intensive care units(ICUs). It is widely assumed that different ICUs can be compared by the ratio of actual mortality to that predicted by the APACHE score.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
CONT

hospital accreditation. Accreditation gives hospitals recognition of their efforts to attain and to maintain high standards of service to patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé
OBS

agrément signifie en français le fait d'agréer, d'approuver, tandis qu'accréditation signifie l'action de donner à un représentant diplomatique des lettres de créance

Spanish

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Record 15 1990-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

1983 & 1985 :Standards for accreditation of Canadian health care facilities. Published by the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

En 1985: Normes pour l'agrément des établissements de santé du Canada. En 1983: Normes d'agrément des établissements de soins de santé du Canada. Publié par: Conseil canadien d'agrément des hôpitaux.

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout of the Workplace
DEF

A room where staff members can rest at coffee or lunch breaks.

OBS

General Standards of Hospital Construction, National Health and Welfare, 1948, p. 10

French

Domaine(s)
  • Implantation des locaux de travail
DEF

Pièce où le personnel d'un hôpital, d'une école, d'une maison de correction, d'une usine ou d'une autre entreprise peut se reposer à la pause-café ou à la pause-repas.

OBS

Hôpital, normes générales de construction, Santé et Bien-être, 1948.

Spanish

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