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Quarantine

Known as: isolation quarantine, Quarantines, contact isolation 
Restriction of freedom of movement of individuals who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a… 
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Patient Isolationgerm free conditiongerm free isolatorlegislation & jurisprudence

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Health care worker opinions on use of isolation precautions in long-term care facilities.
2010
2010
Ward assessment of SmartIdeas Project: bringing source isolation to the patient.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Taking off the gloves: toward a less dogmatic approach to the use of contact isolation.
Strongly held beliefs about the need for contact isolation to prevent the spread of infections in the hospital have contributed… 
2008
2008
Effect of Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage by Polymerase Chain Reaction on the Duration of Unnecessary Preemptive Contact Isolation
A high prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage at hospital readmission among previous MRSA… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Prävention von MRSA-Übertragungen: Standardhygiene statt Isolierung
ZusammenfassungHintergrundEs sollte untersucht werden, ob im Vergleich zu Referenzdaten das Risiko, MRSA zu erwerben, erhöht wäre… 
2006
2006
Genotypic analysis of Acinetobacter bloodstream infection isolates in a Turkish university hospital
Acinetobacter baumannii is a significant pathogen of bloodstream infections in hospital patients that frequently causes single… 
2006
2006
Impact of contact isolation on health care workers at a tertiary care center.
2004
2004
Control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital: a five-year experience in a Taiwanese teaching hospital.
1997
1997
Controlling the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci with a rehabilitation cohort unit.
1986
1986
Double-Bagging of Items from Isolation Rooms is Unnecesary as an Infection Control Measure: A Comparative Study of Surface Contamination with Single- and Double-Bagging
Abstract In many hospitals, waste materials and used linens from the rooms of patients in isolation or the clinical laboratories… 
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