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Abstract
The segregation of patients with communicable or other diseases for a specified time. Isolation may be strict, in which movement and social contacts are limited; modified, where an effort to control specified aspects of care is made in order to prevent cross infection; or reverse, where the patient is secluded in a controlled or germ-free environment in order to protect him or her from cross infection.
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Isolation, Patient
- Home Isolation
- Isolation, Home
- Negative Pressure Isolation
- Negative Pressure Patient Isolation
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12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with PATIENT ISOLATORS
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Previous Indexing
- Bacterial Infections/prevention & control (1972-1976)
- Cross Infection (1966-1976)
- Patient Isolators (1966-1976)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Patient Isolation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010356. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010356
- Patient Isolation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(health_care)
- Patient Isolation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1674502