«bris de glace»
English translation: "break glass"
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|  Selected response from: B D Finch France Local time: 20:07 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | "break glass" |
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3"break glass" Explanation: www.himss.org/asp/ContentRedirector.asp?ContentID=75628 '"Break the glass" relates to an “emergency” and “temporary” authorization of a system ... In software applications, the basic "break the glass" functionality prompts the user with a warning ... Example Break-Glass Procedure (Yale University): ...' c.hcahealthcare.com/CPM/ISSEC021.doc "Break Glass feature – This is an emergency feature that some critical patient care ... in the local monitoring program and reviewed by the committee responsible for ... users who have performed Break Glass function to access a patient record. ..." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2012-01-11 08:52:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is an analogy with fire alarm systems etc, where you have to break a small glass panel to press the fire alarm button or access an axe to hack your way out of a building etc. I don't think I have seen one of those axes in a glass box for a very long time, probably not permitted any more. |
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