must be contacted by the staff in the operating room so that the patientâs post-operative. recovery in a single room either in Variety Ward or ICU can be arranged. 6 Protective Isolation. Protective Isolation is designed to protect patients who are severely immunocompromised.
The thumb is the first digit of the hand. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.
For the local services website, see Thumbtack (website). Thumb tack (US English), drawing pin (British English) A thumb tack (North American English) or push pin is a short nail or pin used to fasten items to a wall or board for display and intended to be inserted by hand, generally without the assistance of tools. A variety of names are used to refer to different designs intended for various purposes. Thumb tack and push pin are both sometimes compounded (thumbtack or pushpin) or hyphenated (thumb-tack or push-pin).