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| Wireless phone that may be carried by some hospital personnel and doctors |
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| An electronic machine capable of accepting, processing, and retrieving information |
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| Combination of three components: a keyboard, a viewing screen, and a printer |
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| A machine used for making duplicates of typed or written materials |
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| A flashing indicator that identifies the area on the viewing screen that will receive the information |
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| Alphabetic listing of names, telephone numbers, and directory telephone numbers of physicians on staff (most hospitals have made this available on computer as well) |
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| A requisition (paper order form) used to process information when the computer is not available for use |
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| A mechanical device for transporting food or supplies from one hospital floor to another |
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| A method of sending and receiving messages via the computer to anyone with an e-mail address |
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| A telecommunication device that transmits copies of written material over a telephone wire form one site to another |
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| A computer component used to type information into the computer |
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| A machine that prints patient labels; located near the health unit coordinator's area |
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| A list of options that is projected on the viewing screen of the computer |
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| A device that enables a computer to send and receive data over regular phone lines |
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| Patient Call System Intercom |
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| A device used to communicate between the nurses' station and patient rooms on the nursing unit |
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| A system in which air pressure transports tubes carrying supplies, requisitions, or some lab specimens from one hospital unit or department to another |
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| A small electronic device that when activated by dialing a series of telephone numbers delivers a message to the carrier of the pager |
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| A machine located in most nursing stations that shreds confidental material (chart forms that have a patient's label affixed with patient name, room number, patient account number, medical record number, and the like) |
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| The system unit of the computer; houses internal components |
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| A computer component that displays information; it resembles a television, and it also may be called a monitor, a cathode ray tube, or a VDT (video display terminal) |
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| The system on which the hospital telephone operator pages a message for a doctor or makes other announcements; the system reaches all hospital areas (only used when absolutely necessary to keep noise level down) |
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| usually the drive closest to the top of the computer; also called the floppy drive |
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| hard drive stored inside the computer |
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| central processing unit; the microprocessor, often called the computer's brain |
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