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CASO CONFIRMADO [3 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Human Diseases
DEF

A zone in a health care facility where patients with the infectious disease involved in an epidemic are treated.

OBS

By establishing zones to isolate infected patients from non-infected patients in a facility, the risk of spreading the disease inside the facility is reduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Zone d'un établissement de soins de santé où sont traités les patients atteints de la maladie infectieuse en cause dans une épidémie.

OBS

En mettant en place des zones pour isoler les patients infectés des patients qui ne le sont pas, le risque de propagation de la maladie au sein de l'établissement est réduit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Enfermedades humanas
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Record 2 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
CONT

[Public health officials] reported the state's first laboratory‑confirmed case (index case) of COVID-19 in a traveller who [had recently] returned [to the country].

Key term(s)
  • lab-confirmed case

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
Key term(s)
  • cas confirmé en labo

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
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Record 3 2021-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases - Various
DEF

A person that meets all the established criteria of the case definition for a disease or whose condition is confirmed by at least one laboratory method.

OBS

confirmed case: designation standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Personne qui répond à tous les critères énoncés dans la définition de cas d'une maladie ou dont l'atteinte a été confirmée par au moins une méthode de laboratoire.

OBS

cas confirmé; cas avéré : désignations retenues par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé et normalisées par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
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