The isolation room is a special type of isolation ward used to prevent the spread of viruses. It provides a positive pressure protection area, provides isolation and effectively safeguards the personal safety of medical workers. Isolation room should have good lighting, ventilation, independent restrooms and toilets, set up a conspicuous isolation room sign, the door set up a warning sign prohibiting the entry of idlers to prevent others from entering.
Basic facilities in the isolation room include disposable working caps, protective glasses, medical protective masks, protective gowns, disposable latex gloves, disposable shoe covers, thermometers, running hand-washing facilities including hand sanitizer, hand disinfectant, hand drying paper towels, disinfectant, antiseptic, observation beds, disposal tables, medicine cabinets, sphygmomanometers, disposable tongue depressor plates, registry books, disposable syringes, disposable infusion sets, Dirt bucket, medical waste bag, sharps box, communication facilities and so on. The isolation ward is a special kind of quarantine ward used to prevent the spread of viruses. In order to make the sanitary and quarantine work of the hospital more standardized, the disinfection work of the hospital can be carried out smoothly to ensure that the hospital's sanitary and hygienic work is carried out smoothly. Clean, semi-contaminated and contaminated areas should be set up in the quarantine area, and relevant regulations should be formulated regarding the activities of people in the area.
The quarantine area is divided into three zones (clean, semi-contaminated, and contaminated), two buffer zones, two ends (clean end, contaminated end), and two corridors (inner and outer corridors). Each area should be clearly marked and demarcated, for example, with eye-catching color distinctions or the use of text symbols, in order to remind employees at any time to strictly comply with the isolation regulations.
Clean area - a place free from bacterial infection, such as the office area of an infectious disease hospital, the living area of the staff. Infectious disease department of general hospital staff locker room, cafeteria, protective equipment storage room, etc..
Semi-contaminated areas-including offices, treatment rooms, nurses' stations, corridors, passageways, buffer rooms, etc., which are infested with pathogenic microorganisms.
Contaminated areas-areas that are already contaminated with pathogens, such as waiting rooms for outpatients and other patients in an infectious disease department, clinic dirt disposal rooms, patient consultation rooms, specimen storage rooms, and X-ray rooms. In the ward, there are patient rest rooms, restrooms, corridors, and contaminated areas.
Segregated areas- All rooms are well ventilated from clean to contaminated. Ensure that there is no air circulation between clean, semi-contaminated and contaminated areas. Buffer zones between sub-zones must be equipped with hand washing devices without hand touching or hand held sanitizers and containers with lids containing used protective items such as isolation gowns, masks, hats, protective goggles, gloves, shoe covers, and protective clothing.