cohorting
Forming stable groups
Cohorting is the practice of grouping people together and keeping them separate from other groups, typically to limit disease transmission.
Schools and hospitals cohort students or patients so that if infection occurs, it stays contained within one group: The daycare center used cohorting to manage the outbreak.
The term gained wide currency during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gas-filled liquid spheres
- podsEnclosed natural containers
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
- contact tracingTracking disease spread connections
exposure · transmission · social distancing · lockdown · households · outbreak · infection control · groupings
Those receiving medical treatment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- infection preventionHalting pathogen transmission
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- isolation roomsEnclosed spaces preventing spread
staffing · outbreak management · PPE · ICU · contamination · triage · surge capacity
Organized cooperative groups
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- employeesPaid staff members
- remote workEmployment from afar
departmental · staggered hours · workforce management · rotation · hybrid · occupancy · safety protocols · business continuity
Educational instruction spaces
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- grade levelsAcademic classification by age
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- rotationsTurns around center points
hybrid learning · homerooms · peer groups · instruction · tracking · remediation
bubbles
Gas-filled liquid spheres
- podsEnclosed natural containers
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- isolationComplete separation from others
contact tracing · exposure · transmission · social distancing · lockdown · households · outbreak · infection control · groupings · essential workers
patients
Those receiving medical treatment
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- infection preventionHalting pathogen transmission
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
isolation rooms · staffing · outbreak management · PPE · ICU · contamination · triage · surge capacity
teams
Organized cooperative groups
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- employeesPaid staff members
remote work · departmental · staggered hours · workforce management · rotation · hybrid · occupancy · safety protocols · business continuity · risk mitigation
classrooms
Educational instruction spaces
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- grade levelsAcademic classification by age
- schedulingAssigning times to events
rotations · hybrid learning · homerooms · peer groups · instruction · tracking · remediation
cohortingintermingling
Mutual mixing of elements
intermixing · commingling · free association · open access · cross-contamination
cohortingdispersal
Spreading in many directions
scattering · randomization · individualization · mainstreaming · ungrouping