Effects of Isolation
Isolation can have the following effects on patients:
- Patient may not be able to receive visitors
- Patient may become lonely
- Patient may be anxious
- Small children may feel their isolation is a punishment
- Staff may need to spend more time with patients
- Patients may not be able to receive certain types of care due to the risk that other patients may become contaminated. This includes forms of care that involve use of equipment common to all patients at the facility, or that involve transporting the patient to an area of the facility common to all patients.
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