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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. | ||