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bedside handover

noun

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A handover conducted at the patient's bedside so the patient can be seen and involved in the transfer of care.

We've moved to bedside handover so the incoming nurse can lay eyes on each patient.

Topic: Handover & SBAR in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Handover & SBAR