Glossary Search
Use this glossary search to find out what the acronyms we use in the DHB mean.
Term
Definition
SREA
Sub-regional equity of access
SRM
Spontaneous rupture of membranes
SROM
Spontaneous rupture of membranes
SSU
Sterile Services Unit (was CSSD)
stat.
Statim/at once
subcut
Subcutaneous
SVD
Spontaneous vaginal delivery
SW
Social Worker
TB
Tuberculosis Bacillus
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
TD
Tardive Dyskinesia
TDS
Three times daily
Te reo Maori
Maori Language
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Treaty of Waitangi
TIA
Transient Ischaemic Attack
Tikanga
A value of Justice in Honesty
TKVO
To keep vein open
TL
Tubal ligation
TLA
Territorial Locality Areas
TOL
Trial of labour
TOP
Termination of pregnancy
TPR
Temperature, Pulse, Respiration
U&E
Urea and electrolytes
Ung
ungentum/ointment
URTI
Upper respiratory tract infection