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isolation ward Etymology: It, isolare, to detach; ME, warden a room or section of a hospital in which certain categories of patients, particularly those infected with acute contagious diseases, can be treated with a minimum of contact with the rest of the patients and hospital personnel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The units range in price from $4,500 for a ceiling unit with air machine, to around $15,000 for an isolation ward bundle that includes two anterooms, a flange and two air machines. Thirty-three (27%) contacts would have qualified as clinically suspected case-patients during the epidemic and should have been taken to an isolation ward for assessment by an experienced healthcare worker. The paediatric isolation ward at Royal Darwin Hospital deals mostly with infectious diseases like gastroenteritis, meningitis and |
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