Hospital equipment & facilities
There are many different terms used by medical staff for certain hospital areas and facilities that are, perhaps, unfamiliar to the inexperienced patient. There are also many different types of machines used to diagnose illnesses and monitor patient health.
In this section of the medical dicitonary, we explain what the most common terms mean. Dr Foster Health is always adding more items to this section, so check back regularly to discover more about hospital equipment and facilities. Find out more by choosing a term from the list below.
- Computerised Tomography (CT) scanner
- Dedicated isolation ward
- Discrete ward
- Heart-lung machine
- Labour, Delivery, Recovery and Postnatal (LDRP) beds
- Laminar Flow Theatre
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner
- Pre-admission assessment clinic
- Specialist hospital
- Stroke unit
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