Isolation (health care)

measures taken in care units to prevent contagious diseases from being spread among patients, health care workers, and visitors

thumb | right A preventorium was an institution or building for patients infected with tuberculosis who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Popular in the early 20th century, preventoria were designed to isolate these patients from uninfected individuals as well as patients who showed outward symptoms. Philanthropist Nathan Straus opened the first preventorium (Tuberculosis Preventorium for Children) on Preventorium Road in Lakewood, New Jersey in 1909.

isolation technique used in hospitals and medical centers to prevent cross-contamination

health measures to avoid contracting an infection

building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases