Clinical Assessment Unit

Clinical Assessment Units are wards to which emergency department decants patients who are are waiting on acquisition of resources (diagnostics and consults) for 24 hrs or more before they are safely returned to community.

Site Specific information

How these are collected differs at the different sites. See for more info:

• GRA CAU
• HSC CAU
• STB CAU

WRHA ER models of care plan article

WRHA Models of ER Care article