special care unit

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special care unit

[spesh′əl]

Etymology: L, specialis, individual

a hospital unit with the necessary specialized equipment and personnel for handling critically ill or injured patients, such as a neonatal, burn unit, or cardiac care unit.

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No references found			A NURSERY is set to raise cash for the special care unit at Coventry's University Hospital when it officially opens its doors this Saturday. Nursery opens by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) When the new centre is ready, services will transfer from Swallow Court in Huddersfield town centre and Lindley Special Care Unit on Lidget Street. Work starts on disabled adult centre by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) FIVE babies in a special care unit tested positive for the MRSA superbug, it was revealed last night. MRSA babies scare by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			spatial summation spatial zones spatium spatter spatula spatulate spatulation spatulator spavin spawn spawners spay spaying SPCA SPD SPE spear grass Spear Tackler’s Spine Spear Tackling Spearing Spearman's rho spearmint spearwort special special anatomy special care unit special gene system Special K special need Special Olympics Special Populations special sense special test special-needs specialing specialist specialist in blood bank technology specialization specialize specialized laboratory Specialoid specialty specialty board specialty care specialty network speciation species species immunity species specificity Species-ism species-specific			Special bond account Special Bond Accounts Special Border Economic Zone Special Branch Special Branch Special Branch Special Branch Community Contact Unit Special Bridge Replacement Program Special Broadcasting Service Special Bureau for Gravity and Geocenter Special Bureau for Hydrology Special Bureau for Loading Special Bureau for the Atmosphere Special Bureau for the Core Special Bureau for the Oceans Special Bureau for Tides Special Business and Tactics Group Special Business Provision special call Special Calls Special Capital Reserve Fund Special Care Baby Unit Special Care Foundation for Companion Animals Special Care Neonatal Unit Special Care Nursery Special Care Nursing Facility special care unit Special Care Unit Environmental Quality Scale special cargo special cargo Special Carrying and Extrication Device Special case Special case Special case Special Case Board Special Cases Special Cases special cash account special cash account Special Cash Accounts Special Casualty Access Team Special Casualty Representative Special Category Special Category 1 Special Category Army Reassigned with Air Force Special Category Army With Air Force Special Category I Differential GPS Special Category Visa special cause Special Caution Area Special Central Assistance Special Ceremonial Unit Special Certificate: Performing Arts Special Certification Review Special Certification Roster Special character

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