C/H

18:47 Sep 22, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Peruvian hospital care report
Spanish term or phrase: C/H
Good afternoon! I'm working on a Peruvian "reporte de atención hospitalaria". One of the items in the list of pharmacy supplies reads "FILTRO ANTIBACT HMEF C/H" 352/5855. I've looked up the term "HMEF antibacterial filter", but I don't see any information about what the "C/H" stands for.
Here are some of the items above and below the item:

BD CATETER INTRAV 20 SOP
ELECTRODO ADULTO REF 2228 3M
EQUIPO VENOCLISIS - NIPRO
EXTEN VALVULADA 50CM DISCOFIX
FILTRO ANTIBACT HMEF "C/H" 352-5855
MASCARA P/OXIGEN C/R ADULTO
TEGADERM 6 X 7CM (1624)

As always, a thousand thanks!
Julie Thompson
United States
Local time: 13:21


Summary of answers provided
3 +1heat and moisture, heat and moisture exchange, HME
Barbara Thomas
4bacterial/HME filter
Chema Nieto Castañón
4C/H (Conventional Humidification)
Laura Mico


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heat and moisture, heat and moisture exchange, HME


Explanation:
When looking up your term, I found that HMEF stood for "heat and moisture exchange filter", also abbreviated as HME filter.

In a users manual for a Phillips ventilator, I found the phrase:

"No utilice filtros ni intercambiadores de calor y humedad (HME) entre el nebulizador y las vías respiratorias del paciente."

and the definition:

HME: Intercambiador de calor y humedad

I suggest that C/H is an abbreviation for "calor y humedad".

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Barbara Thomas
United States
Local time: 13:21
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Arturo Oswal Alva Mendiburu: Es correcto. FILTRO ANTIBACT HMEF "C/H" 352-5855, es un Dispositivo médico desechable que funciona como intercambiador de calor y humedad así como de filtro antibacterial y antiviral.
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FILTRO ANTIBACT HMEF C/H
bacterial/HME filter


Explanation:
Como anotado por Barbara, C/H haría referencia aquí a calor/humedad. Pero a la hora de traducir, resulta necesario incluir HMEF, lo que resultaría redundante de pretender traducir C/H literalmente como heat and moisture (HMEF: heat and moisture exchanger filter).

Así, para enfrentarse a la traducción del concepto original completo, cabe hacer algunas consideraciones.

La primera, que los HMEFs (filtros intercambiadores de calor y humedad) son en realidad un tipo de HMEs (intercambiadores de calor y humedad).

HMEs vs. HMEFs
https://es.intersurgical.com/productos/gestion-de-vias-aerea...

Explicación:

Passive humidifiers are disposable heat and moisture exchangers (HME), some with a particle filter. (...) HMEF, Heat-and-Moisture Exchanger Filter.
https://openrespiratorymedicinejournal.com/VOLUME/9/PAGE/104...
Ejemplo específico de un HMEF (filtro intercambiador de calor y humedad -para bacterias y virus):
https://ddmmedical.com/producto/filtro-intercambiador-de-cal...


En tu caso concreto ("FILTRO ANTIBACT HMEF C/H") parece hacerse referencia a un intercambiador de calor-humedad con filtro antibacteriano. Como traducción bastaría indicar [bacterial] HMEF (heat-and-moisture exchanger filter) para expresar la misma idea: "bacterial heat and moisture exchanger filter" / bacterial/HME filter.

Ver por ejemplo:

• Heat and Moisture Exchanger (HME)
• those in current use are generally combined with a microbiological filter, hence they are called HME filters (HMEF)
https://litfl.com/heat-and-moisture-exchanger/

bacterial/heat and moisture exchanger filter
https://aneskey.com/chapter-25-maxillofacial-and-dental-surg...

Bacterial/HME filter
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...


Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 19:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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C/H (Conventional Humidification)


Explanation:
As the colleagues said, HMEF = heat and moisture exchange filter
The whole sentence would read "Antibacterial HMEF with C/H"


    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10362076/
Laura Mico
Spain
Local time: 19:21
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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