medical isolation
Separated for health
Medical isolation is the separation of a person with a contagious disease from healthy individuals to prevent transmission.
Unlike quarantine, which restricts people who may have been exposed, isolation applies to those confirmed to be infected: The patient was placed in medical isolation after testing positive for tuberculosis.
Isolation protocols vary by disease—some require negative-pressure rooms, others simply a private space.
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- contact tracingTracking disease spread connections
- patient zeroFirst documented infection
- fever screeningTesting for abnormal heat
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Engagement with other people
social integration · community living · mass gathering · close contact · communal living
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Absorption into community life
community participation · reintegration · mainstreaming · public life · social engagement
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Permission after health assessment
discharge · general population · outpatient care · exposure therapy
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