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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Patient Isolation
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Aislamiento de Pacientes
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Isolamento de Pacientes
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Synonyms English:
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Isolation, Patient
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Tree Number:
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E02.770
G03.850.780.200.450.650
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Definition English:
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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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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with PATIENT ISOLATORS; DF: PATIENT ISOL
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History Note English:
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77
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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10550
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Unique Identifier:
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D010356
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