Isolation Table

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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Gangrene (gas gangrene)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Gastroenteritis
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Gastroenteritis, no organism identified

Use Contact + Standard Precautions for diapered or incontinent persons for the duration of illness or to control institutional outbreaks for gastroenteritis caused by all of the agents below.
Adenovirus

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Campylobacter sp.

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Cholera (Vibrio cholera)

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
C. difficile

Patients on 11L or 12L:  Duration of hospitalization.  All others: Enteric Contact + Standard isolation can be discontinued if (1) patient has had no diarrhea for ≥48 hours AND (2) patient has been transferred to clean room.  

Hand hygiene with alcohol based hand rub is recommended EXCEPT use Hand Hygiene with soap and water upon exiting the room of a patient on Contact + Standard Isolation for suspected or confirmed C.difficile disease.  See Diarrhea Decision Tree  Diarrhea Decision Tree. 
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium sp.)

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Escherichia coli Enterohemorrhagic O157:H7

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
 
Other species

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
 
Norovirus

Adult and pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT patients: Duration of hospitalization,. 

All others: Enteric Contact + Standard isolation can be discontinued if (1) patient has had no diarrhea for ≥48 hours AND (2) patient has been transferred to clean room.
Rotavirus
Salmonella sp. (including S. typhi)

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Shigella species

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Vibrio parahaemolyticus

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Viral (not otherwise mentioned)

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Yersinia enterocolitica

*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
German measles (see Rubella; see Congenital Rubella)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Giardiasis (see Gastroenteritis)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum (gonorrheal ophthalmia, acute conjunctivitis of newborn)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhea)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis, granuloma venereum)
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Condition Isolation Duration of Isolation Comment