| Descriptor English: | Patient Isolation | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Aislamiento de Pacientes
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Isolamento de Pacientes | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Isolement du patient | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Home Isolation Isolation, Home Isolation, Patient Negative Pressure Isolation Negative Pressure Patient Isolation |
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| Tree number(s): |
E02.770 N06.850.780.200.450.650 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010356 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | do not confuse with PATIENT ISOLATORS |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Bacterial Infections/prevention & control (1972-1976) Cross Infection (1966-1976) Patient Isolators (1966-1976) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 77 |
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| History Note: | 77 |
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| Entry Version: | PATIENT ISOL |
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| DeCS ID: | 10550 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D010356 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WX 167 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1977/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1976/05/19 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/06/17 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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Patient Isolation
- Preferred
Home Isolation
- Related but not broader or narrower
Negative Pressure Isolation
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0016058 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Patient Isolation |
| Entry term(s) |
Isolation, Patient |
| Concept UI |
M000732073 |
| Preferred term | Home Isolation |
| Entry term(s) |
Isolation, Home |
| Concept UI |
M000732080 |
| Preferred term | Negative Pressure Isolation |
| Entry term(s) |
Negative Pressure Patient Isolation |
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