Réception

English translation: Receipt by xxxxx / Received by xxxxx

12:06 Nov 12, 2014

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / report on medical device

French term or phrase: Réception

There is very little context, for this, and it may be that it should just be translated as 'Reception', (as I have done, so far), but I am not exactly sure what it means, here.
It is a heading, at the top of a report on adverse findings in an inspection for cleaning a medical device. (I have used xxxxx for the name of the company, also on the header of the report, but not the manufacturer of the device - maybe they are involved in the hospital where the report originates).
Context:
'Réception xxxxx (ne pas remplir s.v.p.)'

No other context - it is written at the top left of the report, below the header, where you would expect to find an address and date (neither of which are included there, although full details are given below of the origin of the report - hospital, name of author etc). 'Réception...' could, also, of course be translated as 'receipt', but neither translation makes a lot of sense, to me, and nor does writing 'Please do not fill in', at the top of a form that has already been completed.

The actual translation of this word is 'non-pro', so I have listed it as that to avoid the over-zealous corrections of those who like to change this. However, I am looking for informed advice from people who are familiar with medical reports.

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Local time: 12:09

English translation:Receipt by xxxxx / Received by xxxxx

Explanation:
I think the "(ne pas remplir s.v.p.)" might be an instruction not to add a date. Hard to tell without seeing the form and, apparently, also hard after seeing it.

Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:09

Grading comment

Thank you, Barbara.
I suggested that the agency should ask the client, in the end, and it turned out that it meant 'Received by xxx', and the 'ne pas remplir svp' meant 'Please do not type here', as they wanted a space left for a date stamp.
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Receipt by xxxxx / Received by xxxxx

B D Finch

XXX acceptance testing

Tony M

Summary of reference entries provided

well it seems to be something to do with "receipt", FWIW

liz askew

Discussion entries: 4

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1 hr confidence:

réception XXX XXX acceptance testing

Explanation:
If you try a term search, you ought to find several entries for 'réception' already in the glossary.

Your context is very lacking, since we need to know what the overlal document is about; but you did just mention 'report' 'findings' and 'inspection' — so I am taking a guess that this might be (failed) acceptance testing by the customer XXX of the product (following cleaning).

This is a not unfeasible scenario, and need not necessarily be anything specifically 'medical' — unless, of curse, there is a more specialist term in the medical field for this kind of 'acceptance testing'.

Sometimes, 'récpetion' can simply be 'goods inwards' — but it doesn't look to me as if that solution would really fit here?

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Not necessarily, Asker — 'acceptance testing' can take place at any time, and when goods are being returned after cleaning seems to me a highly likely candidate; especially as in your case they seem to have been 'rejected' — if they failed the test, the results were not 'acceptable'.

But of course, only you, with the full document in front of you, can possibly tell ;-)

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 192

Notes to answerer

Asker: I'm sorry, my first entry got deleted because I had to go back to the previous page, so I omitted to say that this is an inspection report on effective cleaning and disinfection of a medical device (which was not adequate at the hospital concerned). I, therefore, doubt if the term 'acceptance testing ' would be appropriate, would it? Wouldn't that be, more specifically, for the efficacity (or otherwise) of a newly-supplied device?

2 hrs confidence:

Réception (here)

Receipt by xxxxx / Received by xxxxx

Explanation:
I think the "(ne pas remplir s.v.p.)" might be an instruction not to add a date. Hard to tell without seeing the form and, apparently, also hard after seeing it.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 100

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Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: well it seems to be something to do with "receipt", FWIW

Reference information:
Plan type protocole Etudes medicaments - (CHU) de ...
www.chu-clermontferrand.fr/.../PlantypeprotocoleAFS...
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s'il s'agit d'un dispositif médical, détailler la définition d'effet indésirable du décret n° 2006-477 ... le protocole ou la brochure, ne nécessitant pas de notification immédiate. ...... INFORMATIONS SUR LE PROMOTEUR (cadre réservé au promoteur, ne pas remplir) ... Date de réception par le promoteur : I__I__I I__I__I I__I__I.

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PDF]Guidance for Industry: Investigator Responsibilities - Food ...
www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/.../Guidances/UCM187772.pdf
investigation of a drug, biological product, or medical device (an investigator as defined ... This guidance is intended to clarify for investigators and sponsors FDA's .... Routine meetings with staff to review trial progress, adverse events, and ..... The type and quantity of the device, ****dates of receipt****, and batch numbers or code.

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3189

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