Isolation, infectious: Difference between revisions
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**reverse isolation -- i.e. a person at risk for getting infection (e.g. neutropenic after chemotherapy for cancer) is isolated to try and avoid them being exposed | **reverse isolation -- i.e. a person at risk for getting infection (e.g. neutropenic after chemotherapy for cancer) is isolated to try and avoid them being exposed | ||
**cohorting the patient with other patients with the same [[Pathogens|pathogen]] | **cohorting the patient with other patients with the same [[Pathogens|pathogen]] | ||
**use for those AGMP's that are continuous e.g. BIPAP, CPAP, Optiflow . Do not use for one time AGMP's where there is no other indication for isolation. e.g intubation, | **use for those AGMP's that are continuous e.g. BIPAP, CPAP, Optiflow . Do not use for one time AGMP's where there is no other indication for isolation. e.g intubation, bronchoscopy, CPR, nebulizer medications | ||
=== In the context of [[Colonized with organism (not infected)]] === | === In the context of [[Colonized with organism (not infected)]] === | ||