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An Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• known as a Critical Care Unit (CCU), Intensive Therapy
Unit or Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) is a special
department of a hospital that provides intensive-care
medicine.
• Intensive Care Units cater to patients with the most
serious injuries and illnesses, most of which are life-
threatening and need constant, close monitoring and
support from specialist equipment and medication in
order to maintain normal bodily functions. They are
staffed by highly trained doctors and critical care
nurses who specialise in caring for the most severely ill
patients
 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill
or premature newborn infants.
• A NICU is typically directed by one or
more neonatologists and staffed
by nurses[1], nurse
practitioners, pharmacists, physician
assistants, resident physicians, and respiratory
therapists. Many other ancillary disciplines and
specialists are available at larger units. The
term neonatal comes from neo, "new", and natal,
"pertaining to birth or origin".[2]
 Hospital pharmacies
• Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of
medications, including more specialized and
investigational medications (medicines that are being
studied, but have not yet been approved), than would
be feasible in the community setting. Hospital
pharmacies typically provide medications for the
hospitalized patients only, and are not retail
establishments. They typically do not provide
prescription service to the public. Some hospitals do
have retail pharmacies within them (see illustration),
which sell over-the-counter as well as prescription
medications to the public, but these are not the actual
hospital pharmacy
 medical laboratory
• a laboratory where tests are done on clinical
specimens in order to get information about
the health of a patient as pertaining to the
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
disease.
• Laboratory medicine is generally divided into
two sections : Anatomic Pathology, Clinical
Pathology