Critical care unit definition

Critical care unit or “intensive care unit” means a
Critical care unit means a special physical and functional unit for the segregation, concentration and close or continuous nursing observation and care of patients who are critically, seriously, or acutely ill.
Critical care unit means a pre-designated and fixed medical/surgical care area within a Hospital that:

More Definitions of Critical care unit

Critical care unit means a designated area of the hospital containing a grouping of single bedrooms or enclosures accommodating not more than 6 beds each, and providing specialized facilities and services to care for patients who require continuing, acute observation and concentrated, highly proficient care.
Critical care unit as used in this section means a unit that is established to safeguard and protect patients whose severity of medical conditions requires continuous monitoring, and complex intervention by licensed nurses.5
Critical care unit means a unit of a hospital
Critical care unit means a unit that is established to
Critical care unit means a special physical and functional unit for the segregation, concentration and close or continuous nursing observation and care of a patient that is critically, seriously, or acutely ill.
Critical care unit means a care area that provides intensive observation, diagnosis, and therapeutic procedures for adults or children or both who are critically ill. Care areas that provide step-down, intermediate care, or telemetry only, and specialty care areas are excluded. 15
Critical care unit means a specific area of a hospital that provides maximum surveillance and support of vital functions and definitive therapy for patients with acute but reversible life-threatening impairment of single or multiple vital organ systems due to