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.

Descriptor ID	D010356
MeSH Number(s)	E02.770 N06.850.780.200.450.650
Concept/Terms	Patient Isolation Patient Isolation Isolation, Patient

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