Opvågningsafsnit

English translation: Recovery room

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Danish term or phrase:Opvågningsafsnit
English translation:Recovery room
Entered by: Plamen Nenchev

11:53 Sep 13, 2012
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Hospital units
Danish term or phrase: Opvågningsafsnit
Name of a section of a hospital (post-anaesthesia)

No other context
Plamen Nenchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 06:45
Recovery room
Explanation:
Gyldendal's translation of 'opvågningsstue', which could be the same.

Alternatively, recovery ward...
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564354352 (X)
Denmark
Local time: 06:45
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4 +2recovery ward
Mette Krogh
3 +1Recovery room
564354352 (X)
3recovery unit
Malberg


  

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Recovery room


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

Alternatively, recovery ward...

564354352 (X)
Denmark
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Christopher Schröder
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recovery ward


Explanation:
:-)

Mette Krogh
Denmark
Local time: 06:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

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agree  Jens Kaestel
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agree  Pernille Kienle
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recovery unit


Explanation:
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".

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 06:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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