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WX 1-100 Reference Works. General Works | |
WX 140-147 Facility Design and Construction. Equipment | |
WX 150-190 Hospital Administration | |
WX 200-225 Clinical Departments and Units | |
Reference Works. General Works | |
WX 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
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WX 2 |
Serial hospital reports
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Collected works (General) | |
WX 5 |
By several authors
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WX 7 |
By individual authors
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WX 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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WX 11 |
General history of hospitals and the hospital movement
(Table G)
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WX 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WX 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify works on accreditation and standards in WX 40.
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WX 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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WX 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WX 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WX 19 |
Schools, departments, and faculties of hospital administration
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 20 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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[WX 21] |
[This number not used]
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Classify hospital administration as a career in WX 155.
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WX 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
[WX 26] |
[This number not used]
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WX 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Hospitals and medical centers. Health facilities (General) | |
Classify here non-serial hospital reports.
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WX 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WX 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WX 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WX 28.5 |
Collective
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WX 28.55 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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Hospices and hospice care programs | |
WX 28.6 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WX 28.61 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WX 28.62 |
Individual
(Table G)
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WX 29 |
Day care centers and programs
(Table G)
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WX 29.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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Cf. WA 310-320 Child day care centers; WT 29-29.1 Geriatric day care centers; WX 205 Hospital outpatient clinics.
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WX 32 |
Laws
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 33 |
Discussion of law.
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 40 |
Accreditation. Licensure. Standards
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 40.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WX 100 |
General works
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Facility Design and Construction. Equipment | |
WX 140 |
Health facility design and construction
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Classify works on special facilities with the specialty.
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WX 147 |
Equipment and supplies
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Classify catalogs in W 26.
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Hospital Administration | |
WX 150 |
General works
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WX 153 |
Utilization review. Quality of service. Medical audit
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WX 155 |
Hospital administration as a career. Professional opportunities
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WX 157 |
Financial administration. Business management. Cost accounting
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WX 157.4 |
Multi-institutional systems
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WX 157.8 |
Diagnosis-related groups
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WX 158 |
Hospitalization
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WX 158.5 |
Hospital patients. Attitude and compliance. Satisfaction
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WX 159 |
Hospital personnel administration. Staff manuals. Career literature
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Classify manuals for professional staff only in WX 203.
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WX 159.5 |
Volunteers
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Classify works on professional hospital social work in W 322.
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WX 159.8 |
Collective bargaining in hospital employment
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WX 160 |
Public relations. Inter-institutional relations. Staff relations and attitude
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WX 161 |
Hospital shops
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WX 162 |
Patient care planning. Progressive patient care. Long term care
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Classify here works on hospital care only. For general comprehensive works on patient care planning, use W 84.7-84.8. Classify works limited to nursing care in WY; on long term care of geriatric patients in WT 31.
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WX 162.5 |
Patient care team
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WX 165 |
General housekeeping. Maintenance. Laundries. Environmental control
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WX 167 |
Cross infection prevention and control
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WX 168 |
Hospital food service
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WX 173 |
Medical records. Medical record administrators
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Cf. WB 290 for works on medical history taking in general.
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WX 179 |
Hospital pharmacy service. Hospital medication systems
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WX 185 |
Safety, fire and disaster programs
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WX 187 |
Chaplaincy service
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WX 190 |
Mobile health units
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Clinical Departments and Units | |
Classify works on specialty departments in the hospital number for the specialty, e.g., psychiatric wards in WM 27-28. | |
WX 200 |
General works
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Include works on services not indexed elsewhere.
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WX 203 |
Medical personnel. Interns. Staff manuals. Ward manuals and precedent books
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Classify general staff manuals and those for non-professional personnel in WX 159.
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WX 205 |
Hospital outpatient clinics. Ambulatory care facilities
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Cf. WB 101 for works on general ambulatory care.
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WX 207 |
Clinical and pathological laboratories
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Classify works on laboratories not connected with hospitals in QY 23-24.
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WX 215 |
Emergency service. Ambulance service
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Include here works on ambulance and general emergency health services not indexed elsewhere. Cf. WB 105 Medical emergencies. Classify those connected with occupational medicine in WA 400-495.
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WX 218 |
Intensive care units. Critical care (General)
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[WX 221] |
[This number not used]
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Classify X-ray services in WN 27-28.
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WX 223 |
Physical therapy department
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WX 225 |
Occupational therapy department
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