Abbreviations for Services or Units in a Healthcare Facility
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 A & D | Admitting & Discharge |
| CS | Central Service |
| OR | Operating Room |
| MOR | Minor Surgery |
| RR | Recovery Room |
| PT & OT | Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy |
| X-RAY | Radiology |
| LAB | Medical Laboratory |
| MR | Mecial Records |
| Peds | Pediatrics |
| Med-Surg | ward for medical and surgical patients |
| OB | Obstetrics |
| ICN or NICU | Intensive Care Nursery, or Newborn Intensive Care Unit |
| OPD | Out-Patient Department |
| ER | Emergency Room |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| ENT | Ear, Nose, & Throat |
| GU | Genitourinary |
| NP | Neuropsychiatric |
| SS | Social Service |
| CCU | Coronary Care Unit |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| DOU | Definitive Observation Unit |
| Dietary (FS) | Food Service, Dietary Department |
| Housekeeping | Janitorial Service |
| Pharmacy | Drugstore |
| Morgue | Unit for autopsies/ holding the deceased |
| Pathology (Path) | lab for study of diseased tissues, including blood |
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