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

Conjunctivitis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Chlamydia	Standard
Gonococcal (including gonococcal opthalmia neonatorum)	Standard
Acute viral (acute hemorrhagic)	Contact	Duration of illness	Adenovirus most common cause of viral conjunctivitis; also enterovirus and coxsackie.

Corona virus associated with SARS (SARS-CoV) (see Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Corona virus NOT associated with SARS (SARS-CoV) (see Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Contact Droplet

Coxsackie virus disease (see enteroviral infection)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD, vCJD)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard		Additional resource: “Infection Prevention Policies And Procedures For Patients With Suspected Or Confirmed Human Prion Disease”

Crimean-Congo Fever (see Viral Hemorrhagic Fever)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Croup (infants and young children only)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Contact Droplet	Until upper respiratory symptoms resolve regardless of test result	Initiate isolation when test is ordered to rule out viral pathogens.

Cryptococcosis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
(Cryptococcus neoformans)	Standard

Cystic Fibrosis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	UCSF Isolation	Entire hospitalization. HCW gown and gloves for all patient contact, and mask with shield during respiratory treatments. Patients masked when outside hospital or clinic room during entire hospitalization	See additional guidance in Section 4.5 (https://infectioncontrol.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/45-cystic-fibrosis)

Cysticercosis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
(Taenia sp., tapeworm)	Standard

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Any patient with CMV infection, including neontes and immunosuppressed children and adults	Standard

Decubitus ulcer, infected
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Major	Contact	Duration of illness	“Major” defined as “Dressing does not contain drainage adequately”
Minor or limited	Standard		“Minor” defined as “Dressing covers and contains drainage adequately”

Dengue
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Diarrhea
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
acute, of unknown etiology, infective etiology suspected	Enteric Contact	Duration of illness	Hand Hygiene with soap and water (not alcohol based hand rub) is indicated until cause of diarrhea is determined.

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diptheriae)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Cutaneous	Contact	Until off antibiotics and 2 cultures collected at least 24 hours apart are negative	Contact Infection Prevention. Business hours: 415-806-0269; non-business hours: Notify Nursing Supervisor.
Pharyngeal	Droplet	Until off antibiotics and 2 cultures collected at least 24 hours apart are negative	Contact Infection Prevention. Business hours: 415-806-0269; non-business hours: Notify Nursing Supervisor.

Ebola
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
			Immediately contact Infection Prevention. Business hours: 415-806-0269; non-business hours: Notify Nursing Supervisor.

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease) (Echinococcus sp.)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Encephalitis (or encephalomyelitis)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
			Examples: varicella, herpes simplex, eastern, western, Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis; St. Louis, California encephalitis. See specific etiologic agent

Endometritis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Enterobiasis (Enterobius sp) (pinworm disease, oxyuriasis)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Enterococcus sp
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
vancomycin resistant (VRE)	Standard

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