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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

en garde

English translation:

out of hours

Added to glossary by Joe France
Jun 23, 2017 16:26
6 yrs ago
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French term

en garde

French to English Medical Medical (general)
From a Circulaire issued by the French Ministère des affaires sociales et de la santé, regarding the reprocessing of flexible endoscopes:

Les mêmes règles de traitement, de stockage et de traçabilité s’appliquent pour les endoscopes utilisés **en garde**, les week-ends et jours fériés que les autres jours de la semaine.

I am familiar with 'en garde' meaning 'in custody' in other contexts, but realise that it's unlikely to mean that here. I haven't encountered the phrase in this context before - does it rather mean 'outside of usual operating/working hours' or 'at night'? Apologies if this is an obvious oversight - it's always the small things that trip you up...

Lang combination: FR (FR) > EN (UK)
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 out of hours
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): B D Finch

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Discussion

Claire Knell Jun 24, 2017:
It must be "out of hours"... I don't understand why the formulation doesn't work as it is. It makes perfect sense to me! :) Just googling this brings up a number of texts with the expression used in the same context. I think you can use dwt2's answer with confidence!
Denise Pavao Jun 23, 2017:
I think maybe they meant "en garde: les weekends et jours fériés" to specify, as you suggested, outside of the times when endoscopies are regularly scheduled.
Ellen Kraus Jun 23, 2017:
No, on second thought I feel my previous posting does not make any sense in the context given. Pls. ignore it. Its being an awkward formulation unfortunately undue headaches.
Ellen Kraus Jun 23, 2017:
I presume the word en gare was erroneously used Screening, the used screening endoscopes (for the endocopes used at Screening)
Philippe Etienne Jun 23, 2017:
Garde when doctors are on call/on duty, ie they stay at the hospital. For service continuity purposes.
Joe France (asker) Jun 23, 2017:
Out-of-hours I suspect that out-of-hours would be a good solution looking at previous Kudos entries; I'm looking for clarification as this is a reasonably urgent project I'm working on!

Proposed translations

+2
5 hrs
Selected

out of hours

Note from asker:
Thank you for confirming my suspicions!
Peer comment(s):
agree B D Finch
11 hrs
Thank you
agree Claire Knell
13 hrs
Thank you
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