isolation ward
Separated patient area
An isolation ward is a section of a hospital where patients with contagious diseases are kept separate from other patients to prevent spread of infection.
The term also applies to areas housing patients with compromised immune systems who need protection from outside pathogens: The burn victim was moved to an isolation ward.
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- cordon sanitaireProtective isolation boundary
- Hansen's diseaseBacterial infection affecting nerves
- segregationForced separation by group
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- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- animal shelteranimal shelter, shelter worker, shelter cat, animal control, humane society
- controlled environmentsclean room, cleanroom, laboratory, sterile room, pressure chamber
- health measuressocial distancing, contact tracing, quarantine, lockdowns, travel restrictions
- wards
isolation wardgeneral admission
common room · outpatient clinic · day room · recovery room · waiting room
isolation wardpublic space
Area open to everyone
common area · gathering place · community center · social hall · open floor
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