MBU
Medical abbreviation · Hospital
| Stands for | Mother-baby unit |
|---|---|
| Categories | Medical |
MBU stands for Mother-baby unit, a hospital abbreviation.
Postpartum unit where mothers and healthy newborns are cared for together in the same room, often by one nurse for both, an approach called couplet care.
Example: Transferred from L&D to MBU; newborn hearing screen done at bedside.
Usage notes
Rooming-in is one of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Typical stays are about two days after vaginal birth and three to four after cesarean. In psychiatry, a mother and baby unit is a specialist inpatient unit for postpartum mental illness, especially in the UK.
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- IRF – Inpatient rehabilitation facility
- JCAHO – Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- L&D – Labor and delivery
- LDRP – Labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum
- LTACH – Long-term acute care hospital
- LTC – Long-term care
- Med-Surg – Medical-surgical
- MET – Medical emergency team
- MICU – Medical intensive care unit
- NF – Nursing facility
- NICU – Neonatal intensive care unit
- NM – Nurse manager
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This entry is for general education and is not medical advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.