May 21, 2018 13:04
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English term
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
person-time
English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
"Sufficient person-time is required at district, provincial and national levels for data acquisition from health information departments; importing, merging, cleaning and analysing data; mapping; and producing surveillance bulletins and reports".
I'm not sure of the meaning of 'person-time' in the above sentence. Does it mean that a sufficient number of persons needs to be monitored for sufficient periods of time?
I'm not sure of the meaning of 'person-time' in the above sentence. Does it mean that a sufficient number of persons needs to be monitored for sufficient periods of time?
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| 4 +4 | people and time |
philgoddard
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philgoddard
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people and time
It means that an adequate number of people must be allocated to the task, and each must be given enough time to do it. We used to say "man-hours", but fortunately not any more.
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Note added at 10 mins (2018-05-21 13:15:29 GMT)
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It's not the people being monitored, it's the people doing the monitoring.
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Note added at 10 mins (2018-05-21 13:15:29 GMT)
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It's not the people being monitored, it's the people doing the monitoring.
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