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CAU - Clinical Assessment Unit
CAU - Clinical Assessment Unit (alias: CDU - clinical decision unit)


This unit is part of the '''emergency medicine department.''' It is a location where patients are harboured who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.  
This unit is part of the '''emergency medicine department.''' It is a location where patients are harboured who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.