Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

Opvågningsafsnit

English translation:

Recovery room

Added to glossary by Plamen Nenchev
Sep 13, 2012 11:53
12 yrs ago
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Danish term

Opvågningsafsnit

Danish to English Medical Medical: Health Care Hospital units
Name of a section of a hospital (post-anaesthesia)

No other context
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 Recovery room
4 +2 recovery ward
3 recovery unit

Proposed translations

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Recovery room

Gyldendal's translation of 'opvågningsstue', which could be the same.

Alternatively, recovery ward...
Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Says Bye
18 hrs
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+2
4 mins

recovery ward

:-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jens Kaestel
1 hr
agree Pernille Kienle
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5 hrs

recovery unit

Another suggestion.

Examples:
"The Department of Anaesthesia at XXX Hospital includes an intensive care unit, a recovery unit, and ..."
"The Post Operative Care Unit (PACU) is the largest recovery unit at XXX..."

Some alternatives:
recovery area
Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) (US: Anesthesia)
Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (US: Anesthetic)
post-operative care unit
post-operative recovery unit

See Google for examples.
Other spellings:
post-anaestesia care unit; postanaesthetic care unit; Post Operative Care Unit; postoperative recovery unit, etc...













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Note added at 5 hrs (2012-09-13 17:48:39 GMT)
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Typo: "post-anaestesia care unit" should have been "post-anaesthesia care unit".
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