Health Care

Hospital Maintenance and Engineering

Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Hospital department whose primary function is the upkeep and supervision of the buildings and grounds and the maintenance of hospital physical plant and equipment which requires engineering expertise.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital
  • Engineering, Hospital
  • Groundskeeping, Hospital
  • Hospital Engineering
  • Hospital Groundskeeping
  • Hospital Landscaping
  • Hospital Maintenance
  • Landscaping, Hospital
  • Maintenance, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

80; was MAINTENANCE, HOSPITAL 1978-79; was HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE 1963-77

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.450
  2. N02.628w.472
  3. N04w.452.442.452.422w.450

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NLM Classification

WX 165

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Maintenance and Engineering. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008284. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008284
  2. Hospital Maintenance and Engineering. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70450886