code black

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Noun

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code black (plural code blacks)

  1. (Canada, US, medicine) The condition on the occurrence of a patient death.
  2. (Canada, US, medicine) The condition on the occurrence of a security threat to medical facility infrastructure.
  3. (medicine) The condition on the occurrence of the exhaustion of spaces in the emergency or casualty department.
  4. (medicine) The condition on the occurrence of the exhaustion of spaces in the intensive care unit.
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