Engelsk definition
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.
Svenska synonymer
Isolering av patienter
Engelska synonymer
Isolation, Patient — Negative Pressure Isolation — Negative Pressure Patient Isolation — Home Isolation — Isolation, Home