Patient care area definition
Patient care area means any area for the primary purpose of providing a physical environment that is owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital, for a patient to obtain health care services, except those areas where a physician, dentist, veterinarian, osteopath, or other medical practitioner engages primarily in private practice.
Patient care area means ▇▇▇▇/s, patient service unit/s or team/s (including nursing/midwifery staff) providing direct care to patients/clients.
Patient care area includes:
a. Chart rooms and rooms that function as or are in the nature of chart rooms;
b. Nursing stations;
c. Patient and/or visitor lounges including patient conference rooms, sitting rooms, and solaria; Libraries or study areas located within patient care areas;
d. Patient floor and operating room area corridors; and
e. Patient rooms, operating rooms, laboratories, clinics, and other treatment and patient care areas.
More Definitions of Patient care area
Patient care area means any area whose for the primary purpose is to provide of providing a physical environment, that is owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital, for patients a patient to obtain health care services, except those places areas where physicians, dentists, veterinarians, osteopaths a physician, dentist, veterinarian, osteopath, or other medical practitioners engage practitioner engages primarily in private practice.