On-call room
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An on-call room, sometimes referred to as the doctors' mess, is a room in a hospital with either a couch or a bunkbed intended for staff to rest in while they are on call or due to be.
In the European Community, the 2003 extension of the working time directive to junior doctors and the ruling that on-call time counts as working hours has resulted in the introduction of shift work for hospital medical staff, thereby eliminating the requirements for on-call rooms.[1]
[edit] See also
- Mess, a military term for the place where people eat or socialize
[edit] References
- ^ Sheila K. Adam and Sue Osborne (2005). Critical Care Nursing. Oxford University Press. pp. 23. ISBN 0198525877.
- Living and Work Conditions. National Health Service. December 2000. HSC/2000/36. http://users.drstest.co.uk/help/html/livingandworkconditions.htm.
- Anna Donald, Michael Stein, and James T. H. Teo (2006). The Hands-on Guide for Junior Doctors. Blackwell Publishing. pp. 226. ISBN 140513609X.
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