Coronavirus Disease 2019: In-Home Isolation Room Construction
- 1 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in A & A Practice
- Vol. 14 (6), e01218
- https://doi.org/10.1213/xaa.0000000000001218
Abstract
Patient care duties will expose health care workers to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Many are concerned about subsequent household exposure to their families, particularly those family members with high risk of complications or mortality, potentiating additional community spread. Herein is described a temporary isolation room that can be created within a home, thereby decreasing bioburden exposure to family members. The design is simple, expedient, and can be built with locally sourced inexpensive supplies. A viewing and access window facilitates safe family interaction and decreases the emotional costs of isolation while providing a route to pass items as necessary.Keywords
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