patient isolation

Preferred Label : patient isolation;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : isolation, patient;

Related MeSH term : Negative Pressure Patient Isolation; Isolation, Home;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with PATIENT ISOLATORS; DF: PATIENT ISOL; do not confuse with PATIENT ISOLATORS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient isolation;

Details

Origin ID

D010356;

UMLS CUI

C0030693;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Ne pas confondre avec
- patient isolators [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Home Isolation [MeSH concept]
- Negative Pressure Isolation [MeSH concept]
- patient isolation [MeSH concept]
See also
- cross infection [MeSH Descriptor]
- quarantine [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Hospitals, Isolation [MeSH Descriptor]
- patients [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Patient isolation [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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