Skip to main content

Header Tasks

  • News
  • Inspection Reports
  • English
  • Find a Centre
  • Irish
  • Provider Portal
  • Learning Hub

Main navigation (wide screen)

  • Areas we work in
    • Healthcare Services
    • Children's Services
    • Disability Services
    • International Protection Accommodation
    • Older People's Services
    • National Immunisation Advisory Committee
    • National Standards
    • Health Information
    • Health Technology Assessment
    • CICER Clinical Guideline Support
    • Ionising Radiation
    • Database of Statutory Notifications
    • Lexicon for Social Care
    • Find a Centre
    • National Care Experience Programme
  • Reports & Publications
    • All Publications
    • Inspection Reports
    • Standards
    • Guides
    • Key Reports and Investigations
    • Health Information
    • Corporate Publications
    • CICER Clinical Guideline Support
    • Health Technology Assessments
    • Consultations
    • Academic Publications
    • Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
  • About Us
    • Careers
    • News
    • Board Members
    • Management Team
    • Finance
    • Freedom of Information
    • Safeguarding Statements
    • Who we work with
    • Regulation of Lobbying
  • Get in touch
    • Contact HIQA
    • Consultations
    • Data Protection
    • Make an FOI Request
    • Protected Disclosures
    • Report a Concern or Give Feedback
  • Guidance for Providers
    • Children's Services
    • Disability Services
    • Healthcare Services
    • International Protection Accommodation
    • Older People's Services
    • Provider portal
    • Reporting Notifiable Incidents

Main navigation (narrow screen)

  • Areas we work in
    • Healthcare Services
    • Children's Services
    • Disability Services
    • International Protection Accommodation
    • Older People's Services
    • National Immunisation Advisory Committee
    • National Standards
    • Health Information
    • Health Technology Assessment
    • CICER Clinical Guideline Support
    • Ionising Radiation
    • Database of Statutory Notifications
    • Lexicon for Social Care
    • Find a Centre
    • National Care Experience Programme
  • Reports & Publications
    • All Publications
    • Inspection Reports
    • Standards
    • Guides
    • Key Reports and Investigations
    • Health Information
    • Corporate Publications
    • CICER Clinical Guideline Support
    • Health Technology Assessments
    • Consultations
    • Academic Publications
    • Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland
  • About Us
    • Careers
    • News
    • Board Members
    • Management Team
    • Finance
    • Freedom of Information
    • Safeguarding Statements
    • Who we work with
    • Regulation of Lobbying
  • Get in touch
    • Contact HIQA
    • Consultations
    • Data Protection
    • Make an FOI Request
    • Protected Disclosures
    • Report a Concern or Give Feedback
  • Guidance for Providers
    • Children's Services
    • Disability Services
    • Healthcare Services
    • International Protection Accommodation
    • Older People's Services
    • Provider portal
    • Reporting Notifiable Incidents

Header Tasks (narrow screen)

  • News
  • Inspection Reports
  • English
  • Find a Centre
  • Irish
  • Provider Portal
  • Learning Hub
Home
  1. Home
  2. Search

Choose content

  • All
    (411)
  • (-) Lexicon Term
    (411)
Displaying 313 to 324 of 411 results
  • Fracture

    When a bone breaks or cracks.

  • Friction wound

    An injury caused by skin rubbing against another object where the top layer of skin separates from the bottom layer.

  • Illness

    A disease of the body or mind.

  • Infection

    A condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered the body.

  • Injury

    Physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack.

  • Intravenous (IV)

    Into or connected to a vein.

  • Isolation

    The practice of locating a person away from the immediate vicinity of others in order to prevent the transmission of disease.

  • Medical procedure

    A treatment or operation delivered by a health professional in the delivery of healthcare.

  • Medication-related intervention

    A medical treatment which involves the use of medication.

  • Minor injury

    Harm experienced by a person that is temporary in nature and does not require medical treatment.

  • Monitor

    To watch and check a situation carefully for a period of time in order to discover something about it.

    Alternative terms
    Observe
  • Neurological observations

    Neurological observations are the collection of information that indicate the function and integrity of a person's central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • Page 23
  • Page 24
  • Page 25
  • Page 26
  • Current page 27
  • Page 28
  • Page 29
  • Page 30
  • Page 31
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »
Contact Us
Cork office
Dublin office
021 240 9300
info@hiqa.ie

Follow Us

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
instagram

Receive Our Newsletter

Subscribe 

 

 

Footer Links

  • Gairmeacha
  • Freedom of Information
  • Disclaimer
  • Data Protection
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • AIE
  • Accessibility

Health Information and Quality Authority ©