This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Spanish to English
  3. Medical (general)

lo que permite que no haya sobre-cupo

English translation: which means that over(-)occupancy is not a problem

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:lo que permite que no haya sobre-cupo
English translation:which means that over(-)occupancy is not a problem
Entered by: SandraV

19:46 Apr 30, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Infectología pediátrica
Spanish term or phrase: lo que permite que no haya sobre-cupo
Esta diferencia probablemente se deba a que la proporción de pacientes que es atendida en cada UCIN es baja, ***lo que permite que no haya sobre-cupo*** y los espacios entre pacientes sean amplios, se cuenta con el personal de salud suficiente y siempre hay en existencia los insumos para el correcto lavado de manos.
SandraV
Mexico
Local time: 05:35
which means that over(-)occupancy is not a problem
Explanation:
The term "occupancy" is used in the management of hospitals and facilities of this kind.

He criticises us for suggesting that the relocation of all patients inappropriately placed on admission wards **would solve the problem of overoccupancy**. ...
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7089/1278/b

hospital cleanliness. **Overoccupancy of beds was an underlying problem** and. Investing in Your Health will help by making sure that patients do not go into ...
www.bhha.nhs.uk/publications/boardpapers/november2004/02_Se...

In hospital, it has to do with the enabling of specialist teams to do their jobs, and we have expressed in our written submission the anxiety about the spreading of patients across hospitals, in doing that well, **t is a factor of overoccupancy of hospital beds**. ...
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhealt...

shortages of beds and **`overoccupancy’ in. acute admission wards** can be directly related ... trial of day and in-patient psychiatric treatment 2: ...
heldref.metapress.com/index/5XKJ36UT18AX4KHJ.pdf

18 patients are in General Medical wards outwith the stroke unit. Figure 4. shows that. our model estimates that**a zero over-occupancy** would be achieved ...
www.geriatric.med.ed.ac.uk/bedmodelposter.pdf

He urged his patients to follow suit, but the majority were totally ... factors to the spread of hospital-acquired infection has been **bed over-occupancy**. ...
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/ld...

**950 beds are required for zero over-occupancy**. There are between 650-700 ... Risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation when anticoagulation is ...
www.archive.eurostroke.org/Valencia/v_po_1.asp

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 hrs (2006-05-01 08:47:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Or very technically, your answer would be "which means that there is zero over-occupancy."
Selected response from:

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:35
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Muriel :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3which allows for the possibility of there being fewer patients
Marcelo González
4 +1(with the enjoyment) of no overcrowding of patients / no patient overcrowding
Xenia Wong
5which means that over(-)occupancy is not a problem
Muriel Vasconcellos
4meaning that the premises comfortably accommodate the number of patients
Bubo Coroman (X)
4eliminates overcrowding
trans4u
4which means overoccupation is not a problem
JEAN HUTCHINGS
3which allows us to accommodate the (exact) number of patients we can comfortably serve
Claudia Aguero


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
meaning that the premises comfortably accommodate the number of patients


Explanation:
si se refiere a que el edificio no se deborda de pacientes ... ¿tú lo entiendes así Sandra, o no?

Bubo Coroman (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hi Deborah!, Yes, I understand the meaning perfectly well, but I'm asking for the best translation for this phrase.

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
which allows for the possibility of there being fewer patients


Explanation:
...and that the space between them be sufficiente ample,...

lo que permite = which allows

Another option might be "which helps to ensure there are not too many patients"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 17 mins (2006-04-30 20:03:13 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Excuse me: that's "...sufficiently ample"

Suerte, Sandra, y saludos!

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 01:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathryn Litherland: I think your second option is the best of those offered so far
1 hr
  -> thanks, drlith!
agree  glifrieri: glifrieri
3 hrs
  -> gracias, glifrieri!
agree  Paula Hernández
12 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Paula!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(with the enjoyment) of no overcrowding of patients / no patient overcrowding


Explanation:
sug.

Xenia Wong
Local time: 06:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Ameztoy de Andrada: "no patient overcrowding" sounds fine
35 mins
  -> Mónica, muchas gracias...xen :))
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
eliminates overcrowding


Explanation:
Another option.

trans4u
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which allows us to accommodate the (exact) number of patients we can comfortably serve


Explanation:
Otra posibilidad:
so premises are no overbooked/overcrowded and there is plenty of space for patients


Claudia Aguero
Costa Rica
Local time: 05:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
which means that over(-)occupancy is not a problem


Explanation:
The term "occupancy" is used in the management of hospitals and facilities of this kind.

He criticises us for suggesting that the relocation of all patients inappropriately placed on admission wards **would solve the problem of overoccupancy**. ...
bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/314/7089/1278/b

hospital cleanliness. **Overoccupancy of beds was an underlying problem** and. Investing in Your Health will help by making sure that patients do not go into ...
www.bhha.nhs.uk/publications/boardpapers/november2004/02_Se...

In hospital, it has to do with the enabling of specialist teams to do their jobs, and we have expressed in our written submission the anxiety about the spreading of patients across hospitals, in doing that well, **t is a factor of overoccupancy of hospital beds**. ...
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhealt...

shortages of beds and **`overoccupancy’ in. acute admission wards** can be directly related ... trial of day and in-patient psychiatric treatment 2: ...
heldref.metapress.com/index/5XKJ36UT18AX4KHJ.pdf

18 patients are in General Medical wards outwith the stroke unit. Figure 4. shows that. our model estimates that**a zero over-occupancy** would be achieved ...
www.geriatric.med.ed.ac.uk/bedmodelposter.pdf

He urged his patients to follow suit, but the majority were totally ... factors to the spread of hospital-acquired infection has been **bed over-occupancy**. ...
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/pdvn/ld...

**950 beds are required for zero over-occupancy**. There are between 650-700 ... Risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation when anticoagulation is ...
www.archive.eurostroke.org/Valencia/v_po_1.asp

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 hrs (2006-05-01 08:47:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Or very technically, your answer would be "which means that there is zero over-occupancy."

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1508
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Muriel :-)
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which means overoccupation is not a problem


Explanation:
Another alternative that you may prefer

JEAN HUTCHINGS
Local time: 13:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search