Transportation of Patients
| Definition: |
Conveying ill or injured individuals from one place to another. |
| Notes: |
includes transport inside (e.g., bed to bed) & outside the hosp or elsewhere but do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for admin reasons with regard to special care or economics) |
Transportation of Patients Definitions and Terms
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