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Personally identifiable information (PII)
Any representation of information that permits the identity of an individual to whom the information applies to be reasonably inferred by either direct or indirect means.
Report
A spoken or written account of something that has been observed, heard, done or investigated.
Resident’s guide
A book of information about the residential care facility for residents.
Unique identifier
A numeric or alphanumeric string that is associated with an individual person using a service.
Aspiration
The process of breathing a substance into your lungs by accident.
Baseline
A usually initial set of critical observations or data used for comparison or a control.
Cast
A hard covering used to keep a broken bone in the correct position and protect it until it heals.
Chronic
(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time.
Clinical waste
The term used to describe waste produced from healthcare and similar activities that may pose a risk of infection, for example, swabs, bandages, dressings etc. or may prove hazardous, for example medicines.
Continence
The ability to control when you urinate and empty your bowels.
Contributory cause of death
Any cause of death that is neither the immediate, intervening, originating antecedent nor underlying cause; hence these are other significant conditions that contributed to the fatal outcome, but were not related to the disease or condition directly causing death.
CT scan
Computerized tomography scan: a medical test that involves using x-rays to create a three-dimensional image (appearing to have length, width, and height) of the inside of the body.
Alternative termsComputed tomography scan