isolation unit
Separated medical space
An isolation unit is a separate area within a hospital, prison, or other institution where individuals are kept apart from the general population.
In medical settings, isolation units contain patients with highly contagious diseases or compromised immune systems: The patient was transferred to the isolation unit after testing positive for tuberculosis.
In prisons, isolation units house inmates separated for punishment, protection, or security concerns—often called solitary confinement.
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- solitary confinementIsolated imprisonment in cell
- confinementState of being restricted
- paddedFilled with soft material
padded cell · cell · hospital · ward · infectious · containment · locked · locked door · sterile · clean room · observation · medical · prisoner · segregation · no contact · asylum · white · walls
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- detention facilitycells, solitary confinement, guard stations, control room, visitation room
- disease controlquarantine zone, medical quarantine, mandatory quarantine, home quarantine, self-quarantine
- Quarantine Facilitieslazaretto, pesthouse, quarantine station, quarantine ward, quarantine camp
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
isolation unitcommunity space
Shared area for residents
communal living · common area · gathering space · open housing · general population
isolation unitshared accommodation
Housing with co-tenants
dayroom · social hall · community housing · general population
isolation, unit, isolate, isolated, isolating, isolationism, isolationist, insulate, insulated