Isolating patients is a gold standard practice in healthcare settings to reduce and prevent the spread of bacterial and viral infections that could have serious adverse outcomes for individuals, their families and the community.1, 2 Isolation in a health care setting is one element of recommended transmission-based precautions used to protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient.1 Preventative isolation refers to isolation precautions to prevent the spread of infectious disease.
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