AA

en-noun

AA (countable and uncountable, plural AAs)

(healthcare) Initialism of anesthesiologist assistant.


RN

registered nurse
registered nurse#English

(healthcare) Initialism of registered nurse; also R.N.


overweight

overweight (countable and uncountable, plural overweights)

/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/

SCHOOL MEAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN AT RISK FOR OVERWEIGHT

2007, Josephine Martin, Charlotte Oakley, Managing child nutrition programs: leadership for excellence, page 462

(uncountable, healthcare) The condition of being overweight.


OR

OR (countable and uncountable, plural ORs)

Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?

(healthcare, countable) Initialism of operating room.


sharp

From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”). More at shear.

(usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.

(psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.


LC

LC (countable and uncountable, plural LCs)

lactation consultant
w:lactation consultant

(healthcare) Initialism of lactation consultant.


ODT

(healthcare, technology) Initialism of optical diffraction tomography.


APT

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.


outpatient

An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has been converted into an NHS outpatient clinic, to enable patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital.

2020 April 8, “Network News: NHS outpatient clinic at New Street”, in Rail, page 13

(healthcare) A patient who receives treatment at a hospital or clinic but is not admitted overnight; a receiver of ambulatory care.


outpatient

MR. MILLER: It is more outpatient than it is inpatient.

1991, United States Commission on the Future Structure of Veterans Health Care, Proceedings of the Commission on the Future Structure of Veterans Health Care, page 1174

The changes are necessary because "health care is going more outpatient than inpatient," Whitacre said.

1994 June 6, “Huntington Hospital Plans Renovation Project Construction is Expected to be Completed within Two Years”, in Fort Wayne News Sentinel

It is outpatient and prepaid.

1998 August 23, “Public Health Officer Warns of Risks of Liposuction”, in Los Angeles Times

(healthcare) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

амбулато́рны

provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient


UHF

(healthcare) Initialism of United Health Foundation.


MCO

(medicine, healthcare) Initialism of managed care organization.


ANC

ANC (countable and uncountable, plural ANCs)

(healthcare) Initialism of antenatal care.


ADT

ADT (countable and uncountable, plural ADTs)

(healthcare) Initialism of admissions, discharge, transfer.


PSW

personal support worker
personal support worker#English

(healthcare) Initialism of personal support worker.


WWU

(healthcare) Initialism of weighted work unit.


residency

residency (countable and uncountable, plural residencies)

(US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.


primary care

general practitioner
general practitioner

(healthcare) The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.


GP

GP (countable and uncountable, plural GPs or GP)

general practitioner
general practitioner#English

(countable, healthcare) Initialism of general practitioner; also G.P.


APA

(healthcare) Initialism of American Psychiatric Association.


ADL

She presented the second time unable to perform her ADLs with latent and perseverative speech, thought blocking, disorganized thought processes and behavior, delusions of being poisoned, and was preoccupied with bizarre physical symptoms.

2009, Marfan Syndrome and Schizophrenia: A Case Report and Literature Review, by Mary Lemberg, MD and Alexander W. Thompson, MD, MBA

activities of daily living
activities of daily living#English

(healthcare) Initialism of activities of daily living, a set of activities such as bathing, feeding, or relieving oneself.


LFC

(healthcare) Initialism of Licensed Foster Care.


OT

OT (countable and uncountable, plural OTs)

Occupational therapists (OTs), with their skills in promoting greater mobility, are a key ingredient in this multidisciplinary, more proactive approach. […] In many areas, similar thinking is driving new work on integrating healthcare professionals, including OTs, to maximise resources and to improve patient care.

2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian

occupational therapist
occupational therapist#English

(healthcare) Initialism of occupational therapist.

occupational therapy
occupational therapy#English

(healthcare) Initialism of occupational therapy.


CMT

CMT (countable and uncountable, plural CMTs)

(business, healthcare) Initialism of certified massage therapist.


EMI

EMI (countable and uncountable, plural EMIs)

(healthcare) Initialism of elderly and mentally infirm.


payor

(law, healthcare, medical insurance) One who makes a payment.


DAD

(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of Diffuse Alveolar Damage.


CDM

CDM (countable and uncountable, plural CDMs)

charge description master
charge description master#English

(US, healthcare) Initialism of charge description master.


MDT

(healthcare) Initialism of multidrug therapy.


PCP

PCP (countable and uncountable, plural PCPs)

(healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.

(healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner.


inpatient

For three of the four regions, the number and rate of procedures was higher in inpatient than in ambulatory settings, but in the Midwest the differences between settings were not statistically significant.

1998, Maria Owings, Lola Jean Kozak, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996, Issue 139

(healthcare) A patient whose treatment needs at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

inlagd

admitted to hospital, hospitalized – adjective, can be nominalized

intagen

more often of prison, but also fairly common for (involuntary) psychiatric care and the like – adjective, can be nominalized


JR

John Radcliffe Hospital
w:John Radcliffe Hospital

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of John Radcliffe Hospital; a large hospital in Oxford in the United Kingdom.


emergency room

(Canada, US, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

otdelénije ékstrennoj medicínskoj pómošči

отделе́ние э́кстренной медици́нской по́мощи


formulary

From French formulaire; equivalent to formula + -ary.

Even if beneficiaries want to stay in their current plan, they should still check that the drugs they take are remaining on their plan's formulary and on the same co-pay "tier" as before.

2006 October 3, Vanessa Fuhrmans, “Medicare drug plans: the new choices”, in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, archived from the original on 2006-11-13

(healthcare) A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient.


high dependency unit

high dependency unit (plural high dependency units)

(healthcare) An area for patients who require more intensive observation, treatment and nursing care than would be usually provided on a general ward. A standard of care between the general ward and full intensive care.


RHU

(Philippines, healthcare) Initialism of rural heath unit.


MTC

(healthcare) Major Trauma Centre — a specialist unit within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, set up to provide specialised trauma care and rehabilitation.


DNW

DNW rate

emergency department
emergency department#English

(healthcare) Initialism of did not wait: referring to people who present to an emergency department but leave prior to medical assessment.


multipayer

Single-payer systems tend to rely heavily on general tax revenues, whereas multipayer systems generally employ payroll-tax financing.

2004, Martin A. Levin, Martin M. Shapiro, Transatlantic policymaking in an age of austerity: diversity and drift, page 17

(chiefly healthcare) Involving payment by more than one party.


SEP

(US, healthcare) Initialism of special enrollment period.


CLU

Coordinate term: MLU

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of consultant-led unit.


scrub in

en-verb

scrub in (third-person singular simple present scrubs in, present participle scrubbing in, simple past and past participle scrubbed in)

scrubs in (present singular third-person)
scrubbing in (participle present)
scrubbed in (participle past)
scrubbed in (past)

There were no booties to wear over their shoes, and they wore scrub caps on their heads only if they were going to scrub in for a procedure. When you scrubbed in for surgery you couldn't touch anything after you finished scrubbing.

2007 September 11, Mary Lou Parks, "O Lord Have Mercy!": Finding Our Way As Student Nurses in the 1950s, Dog Ear Publishing, →OL, page 83

Members of the transplant team scrub in and go about their respective duties.

2008 August 18, Lee G. Bolman with Terrence E. Deal, Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership, 4th edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, →OL, page 99

When we were assigned to a surgical patient, we were expected to “scrub in” on his or her patients’ surgery when it occurred. […] To “scrub in” on a case meant one was to be part of the operating team, which might consist of one or two advanced residents and a second year resident or intern or two.

2009 August 26, Thomas F. Sellers, Jr., What's Up, Doc?: A Lifetime in Medicine: 1946-1990, Bloomington: iUniverse, →OL, page 43

(healthcare) To thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.


scrub out

scrub out (third-person singular simple present scrubs out, present participle scrubbing out, simple past and past participle scrubbed out)

scrubs out (present singular third-person)
scrubbing out (participle present)
scrubbed out (participle past)
scrubbed out (past)

17 May 2012, New Scientist, New device lets surgeons check medical images during an operation without having to scrub out.

(healthcare) To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in.


chargemaster

The patient faced bankruptcy because she couldn't pay off the hundreds of thousands of dollars accrued from her hospital bill, including a price from the chargemaster for a single acetaminophen pill at ten times the cost for the same pill over-the-counter at a pharmacy.

Much ink has been spilt bemoaning that incomprehensible foundation of hospital cost accounting and prices, the redoubtable chargemaster.

2007, James C. Robinson, “Price Transparency Begins at Home”, in Frontiers of Health Services Management, volume 23, number 3, American College of Healthcare Executives, archived from the original on 2013-05-21, pages 25–28

The higher the chargemaster markup over cost, the greater the potential for profit.

2008, T. Neil Davis, Mired in the Health Care Morass, Ester Republic Press, page 66

What a hospital is actually paid by an MCO, Medicare, or Medicaid is rarely even close to what is listed on the chargemaster. In fact, only the uninsured are subject to those charges.

2009, Peter Kongstvedt, Managed Care: What It Is and How It Works, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, page 212

Of particular importance, other than in Maryland, hospitals are generally free to charge whatever they want in their chargemaster.

2012, Peter Reid Kongstvedt, Essentials of Managed Health Care, Jones & Bartlett Learning, pages 114–115

California is a unique state in that all hospitals are required to submit a copy of their chargemasters, which the state then posts online for all consumers and patients to see.

2012 July 16, Bob Herman, “Report: Surgery Prices Vary Wildly at California Hospitals”, in Becker's Hospital Review, ASC Communications, retrieved 2013-03-04

However, I quickly found that although every hospital has a chargemaster, officials treat it as if it were an eccentric uncle living in the attic. Whenever I asked, they deflected all conversation away from it. They even argued that it is irrelevant. I soon found that they have good reason to hope that outsiders pay no attention to the chargemaster or the process that produces it. For there seems to be no process, no rationale, behind the core document that is the basis for hundreds of billions of dollars in health care bills.

2013 February 20, Steven Brill, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us”, in Time, Time Warner, archived from the original on 2013-02-26

(US, healthcare) A comprehensive list maintained by a hospital of prices of goods and services it will bill to its patients and their respective health insurers.


managed care

Much of the projected savings would come from enlisting Medicaid recipients in "managed care" programs instead of the current open-ended system.

1984 February 5, Richard A. Knox, “Full-scale Medicaid Overhaul Proposed”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 2013-11-28

State lawmakers today are expected to approve landmark legislation designed to protect the 5 million Pennsylvanians enrolled in managed care health plans.

1998 June 9, Frank Reeves, “Managed care users could get new protection”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 2013-11-28

A managed care system makes it possible to enroll more people and improve care, yet also keep costs under control.

2011 January 9, Courtney Burke, “Room for Debate: Getting Rates Under Control”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-11-28

(US, medicine, healthcare) Medical services which are planned, directed, and controlled—especially by a health insurance company—in a manner designed to maximize the efficiency of the delivery and financing of health care.

管理式醫療護理

medical services which are designed to maximise the efficiency of health care

optimaalinen hoito (descriptive translation)


superbill

Medical offices may store superbills for record-keeping purposes, in case they need to be referenced in the future. A good example may be tracking a procedure that did not get posted because it was missed on the superbill at the time charges were entered.

2012, Cindy Correa, Getting Started in the Computerized Medical Office, page 228

(healthcare, insurance) A detailed invoice listing medical treatments and their prices.


SCPHN

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of specialist community public health nursing.


emergency department

en-noun

emergency department (plural emergency departments)

(healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


G.P.

Given that Clostridium tetani can be transmitted by a simple splinter or insect bite, your best defense is to be up to date on your vaccination […] If you're due for a 10-year booster or don't know if you're due, see your G.P. ASAP.

2008 January–February, Denny Watkins, “4 infections you can outsmart”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 140

(healthcare) Initialism of general practitioner; also GP.


IHR

In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. According to Fidler, the updated IHR, which is in force to this day, is a radical document.

2020 April 10, Stephen Buranyi, “The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic”, in The Guardian

International Health Regulations
w:International Health Regulations

(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of International Health Regulations.


PHEIC

In 2005, the WHO drew up a new version of the International Health Regulations (IHR), the central legal document that all member states are bound by. […] It also allows the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern (or PHEIC, pronounced, incredibly, “fake”), using its own information, over the objection of any single country.

w:public health emergency of international concern

(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of public health emergency of international concern.


R.N.

We amateur R.N.s met in the clinic, an hour or two at a time, four or five of us with a nurse to teach us. We received printed-out lists of symptoms, telephone numbers to call day or night, advice on when to consult a nurse, come to the clinic, or dial for an ambulance.

2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, pages 154–155

(healthcare) Initialism of registered nurse; also RN.


ARDS

acute respiratory distress syndrome#English

(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

adult respiratory distress syndrome#English

(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of adult respiratory distress syndrome.


WHA

World Health Assembly
w:World Health Assembly

(healthcare) Initialism of World Health Assembly, the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states, first held in 1948.


antimasker

From anti- + mask + -er. Likely influenced by anti-vaxxer.

On one side of the argument was a woman named Claire Newbourne, an anti-masker, a member of a group opposed to the government regulations on Marburg.

2017, Brian Falkner, Stubborn Seed of Hope

Every time a citizen disobeys mask rules by not wearing one, or wearing it incorrectly, they endanger essential workers who have already risked their lives to service them in restaurant, store, and many other public settings. In an odd way, anti-maskers see this as being patriotic.

2020 September 22, Hope Moses, “Protecting essential workers must be a priority”, in The Marquette Tribune, volume 105, number 5, page 11

Beightol, who is the administrator for several Facebook pages where public schools teachers can vent, said educators fall into three categories: vocal pro-maskers, vocal anti-maskers and pro-maskers who stay out of the line of fire.

2021 August 8, Francisco Alvarado, “‘I don’t see how it can be safe’: Florida schools on frontlines of state’s mask war”, in The Guardian

(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice or mandate of wearing masks.


MLU

MLU (countable and uncountable, plural MLUs)

Coordinate term: CLU

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of midwife-led unit.


(healthcare) Initialism of pay for performance.


PHE

(healthcare) Initialism of public health emergency.


PHE

Public Health England
w:Public Health England

(historical, healthcare) Initialism of Public Health England: an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England between 2013 and 2021, formed to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities.


single-payer

(healthcare) Being or relating to a form of universal health care in which the costs of essential healthcare for all residents are covered by a single public system (whether state-run or contracted from private organizations).


PHC

primary healthcare
primary healthcare#English

(healthcare) Initialism of primary healthcare.


PHC

Philippine Heart Center
w:Philippine Heart Center

(Philippines, healthcare) Initialism of Philippine Heart Center.


ARNP

advanced registered nurse practitioner#English

(healthcare) Initialism of advanced registered nurse practitioner.


RVI

Royal Victoria Infirmary
w:Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of Royal Victoria Infirmary; a large hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom.


pro-masker

From pro- + mask + -er. Likely influenced by pro-vaxxer.

(healthcare, politics) A person who supports the practice or mandate of wearing masks.


health visitor

(chiefly UK, healthcare) A healthcare professional engaged in offering public health advice to people in their homes.


mother and baby unit

mother and baby unit (plural mother and baby units)

(UK, healthcare) An inpatient unit for women who have mental health issues around the time of pregnancy or childbirth.


activities of daily living

activities of daily living pl (plural only)

(healthcare) A set of common daily activities, including bathing, feeding, and relieving oneself. A person’s ability or inability to perform them is used as a measurement of their functional status.

أنشطة الحياة اليومية

a set of common daily activities specified in healthcare, such as bathing, feeding or relieving oneself


double appointment

double appointment (plural double appointments)

It would help if patients who know they have a difficult problem could book a double appointment, […]

1998 March 4, [anonymous], “In the surgery: cutting down on those waiting times”, in The Burton Mail, page 8

“Because I have to get multiple prescriptions, it’s often a double appointment, which is $160,” [Kathy Barr] said. About $80 of that is refunded via Medicare.

2022 August 13, Clay Lucas, “Vulnerable patients asked to cough up as more GPs shun bulk billing”, in Brisbane Times, retrieved 2023-08-30

general practitioner
general practitioner

(healthcare, British, Australia, New Zealand) An appointment with a GP (general practitioner) which is allocated twice much time as usual.


IDNA

(healthcare) Initialism of Instructive District Nursing Association.


SLT

SLT (countable and uncountable, plural SLTs)

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of speech and language therapy.

(UK, healthcare) Initialism of speech and language therapist.


fee-for-service

(often attributive, chiefly healthcare) A payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately.


sensory deprivation

sensory deprivation (plural sensory deprivations)

(healthcare, psychiatry) A situation in which stimulation of human senses, particularly sight and sound, is at a minimum, often to ease a patient's relaxation, such as in a quiet room.


John Radcliffe

Named for John Radcliffe, an 18th century physician and graduate from Oxford University.

(UK, healthcare) The John Radcliffe Hospital; a large hospital in Oxford in the United Kingdom.

John Radcliffe (physician)
Oxford University


weekend effect

(healthcare) The finding of a difference in mortality rate for patients admitted to hospital for treatment at the weekend compared to those admitted on a weekday.


pyjama paralysis

England’s top nurse will launch a drive to end ‘pyjama paralysis‘ on Wednesday (8 March) to give patients back one million days of their precious time that would otherwise be wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.

2018 March 5, “70 days to end pyjama paralysis”, in NHS England, archived from the original on 2024-05-01

The ambition is to end pyjama paralysis and capture, in just 70 days, a million patient days that would otherwise have been wasted in bed in a hospital or care home.

2018 May 10, Ian Peate, “Putting an end to pyjama paralysis: the benefits”, in The British Journal of Nursing, volume 27, number 9, →DOI, page 471

So-called “pyjama paralysis” is of increasing importance with the ageing UK population.

2019 February, F. Rogerson, C. Kendall, “Pyjama Paralysis”, in Age and Ageing, volume 48, →DOI, page i1

The studies favors the education and information of patients, their environment and nursing staff, as well as the function-focused continuation of daily activities and mobility measures tailored to the patient in an activity-enhancing and safe environment, in order to counteract pyjama paralysis and positively influence care-sensitive outcomes.

2022 May 27, Janine Schweber, “The phenomenon “Pajama Paralysis” – trend or evident”, in KiDokS

If your patient does require transport to ED, it is worth considering their discharge planning early. This can be done by documenting the patient's home situation along with social support, lining up family to collect the patient or to be at home for discharge, having a keysafe code documented, packing the patient's clothes to help prevent ‘pyjama paralysis’ and bringing key medications with the patient so that they don’t have to wait for the hospital pharmacy prior to departure.

2021, Richard Pilbery, Paramedic Case Studies: 35 Prehospital Emergencies Explored and Explained, Class Publishing, page 378

‘Pyjama paralysis’ is a loss of strength and function caused by long periods of bed rest. Not getting dressed into day clothes can make you feel like you should stay in bed all day and not actively take part in recovery programmes.

2022, June Andrews, Carers and Caring: The One-Stop Guide: How to care for older relatives and friends - with tips for managing finances and accessing the right support, Profile Books, page 51

(uncommon, healthcare) The influence of nightwear outside rest hours on patients accompanied with long periods of bed rest, resulting in a loss of strength and mobility.


zero-dose

To do this, it is important to update existing estimates of the frequency of zero-dose children in countries with recent data. Next, there is a need to understand how children move out of the zero-dose group towards full immunisation.

2021 July 22, Bianca O. Cata-Preta, Thiago M. Santos, Tewodaj Mengistu, Daniel R. Hogan, Aluisio J.D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, “Zero-dose children and the immunisation cascade: Understanding immunisation pathways in low and middle-income countries”, in Vaccine, volume 39, number 32, →DOI, pages 4564-4570

Before the vaccination campaign, 17.3% of children under 9 months were DTP zero-dose and 4.3% of children 9–60 months were measles zero-dose.

2021 December 30, Rohan Arambepola, Yangyupei Yang, Kyle Hutchinson, Francis Dien Mwansa, Julie Ann Doherty, Frazer Bwalya, Phillimon Ndubani, Gloria Musukwa, William John Moss, Amy Wesolowski1, Simon Mutembo, “Using geospatial models to map zero-dose children: factors associated with zero-dose vaccination status before and after a mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Southern province, Zambia”, in BMJ Global Health, volume 6, number 12, →DOI

Over a 24-year period in India, child zero-dose status was shaped by large-scale social inequalities and remained a consistent marker of generalised vulnerability. Interventions that address this cycle of intergenerational inequities should be prioritised.

2021 December, Mira Johri, Sunil Rajpal, S V Subramanian,, “Progress in reaching unvaccinated (zero-dose) children in India, 1992–2016: a multilevel, geospatial analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys”, in The Lancet Global Health, volume 9, number 12, →DOI, pages 1697-1706

One in five children worldwide are now zero-dose or under-vaccinated, meaning they’ve missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization. Those are levels we’ve not seen since 2008.

2023 April, “The State of the World’s Children 2023”, in UNICEF, archived from the original on 2024-05-04

“We normally vaccinate between 200 to 300 people per day. There are so many children coming here who are zero-dose,” says Nelson, referring to children who have not received their first diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine (DTP1).

2023 May 23, “Zero-dose children in Angola are being protected through a nationwide vaccination campaign”, in UNICEF, archived from the original on 2024-05-15

(healthcare, of children) Failing to receive any routine vaccination; having received no doses of a particular vaccine.


corridor care

(UK, healthcare) The treatment of patients in spaces not intended for clinical purposes, such as corridors and waiting-rooms, as a result of overcrowding.