A ward in a hospital set aside for patients with contagious or infectious diseases.
five Ebola patients are being treated in an isolation ward
Example sentencesExamples
In past outbreaks, the sick were abandoned by their families or just dropped off at the isolation wards.
Now, those brave enough to try to get into isolation wards often are turned away.
The unidentified patient had been put into an isolation ward as a precaution since he had recently traveled to a West African country and had a fever.
The clinic has some personal protective gear but not the full-body suits and expertise of an isolation ward.
He called for the urgent dispatch of field hospitals with isolation wards and mobile medical laboratories to West Africa.
Any individual showing symptoms was quickly moved to an isolation ward for further testing.
She was initially hospitalised in an isolation ward but doctors allowed her to return home - as long as she did not go near her children.
Its health workers spend a maximum of a month working in isolation wards and then are rotated out.
The hospital is now aiming to more quickly identify any suspected patients and get them out of the emergency room and into an isolation ward immediately.
Officials gave no details about her condition but said she was in an isolation ward at Oslo University Hospital.
Definition of isolation ward in US English:
isolation ward
noun
A ward in a hospital set aside for patients with contagious or infectious diseases.
five Ebola patients are being treated in an isolation ward
Example sentencesExamples
She was initially hospitalised in an isolation ward but doctors allowed her to return home - as long as she did not go near her children.
Now, those brave enough to try to get into isolation wards often are turned away.
Officials gave no details about her condition but said she was in an isolation ward at Oslo University Hospital.
The clinic has some personal protective gear but not the full-body suits and expertise of an isolation ward.
Its health workers spend a maximum of a month working in isolation wards and then are rotated out.
Any individual showing symptoms was quickly moved to an isolation ward for further testing.
He called for the urgent dispatch of field hospitals with isolation wards and mobile medical laboratories to West Africa.
In past outbreaks, the sick were abandoned by their families or just dropped off at the isolation wards.
The unidentified patient had been put into an isolation ward as a precaution since he had recently traveled to a West African country and had a fever.
The hospital is now aiming to more quickly identify any suspected patients and get them out of the emergency room and into an isolation ward immediately.