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English translation: Organisme de Service Spéciale

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French term or phrase:	OSS
English translation:	Organisme de Service Spéciale
Entered by:	Wyley Powell

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17:06 Nov 2, 2009

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French term or phrase: OSS

Last question (I hope) on an accident report from Switzerland. The report lists various recipients of notification of the accident. One is the CET [Centre d'engagement et de transmissions, which I asked about in an earlier question) and the other recipient is ***OSS***, followed by a person's name. No other context, I'm afraid.

Would anyone know what OSS stands for here? Thx.

Wyley Powell
Canada

Organisme de Service Spéciale

Explanation:
comes to mind...

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Note added at 1 heure (2009-11-02 18:10:31 GMT)
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From the Webster's online dictionary:
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/OS/OSS.html

There are loads of possibilities though...

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Note added at 3 heures (2009-11-02 21:05:27 GMT)
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I think Rachel's answer is probably more appropriate in this context.

Selected response from:

Lucy-Jane Michel
France
Local time: 19:02

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Summary of answers provided

2 +3

organisme de sécurité sociale / organisme de services de santé

Rachel Fell

Organisme de Service Spéciale

Lucy-Jane Michel

Answers

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

organisme de sécurité sociale / organisme de services de santé

Explanation:
2 more suggestions - sorry, no time for more refs. at the mo.

organisme de services de santé

Cinquante médecins d’organismes de services de santé (OSS) ont été
choisis au hasard parmi ceux qui figurent dans la liste du programme de santé
mentale des OSS et 200 médecins rémunérés à l’acte ont été choisis au hasard
dans le Répertoire des médecins canadiens. Des 189 médecins admissibles, 122
ont renvoyé le questionnaire rempli, soit un taux de réponse de 65 %.
Mesure de résultats : Évaluation par les médecins de l’importance des obstacles

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/reprint/157/8/1095.pdf

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:02
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