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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

Pneumonia due to
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Multidrug-resistant bacterial (see Multidrug-Resistant Organisms)
Mycoplasma (primary atypical pneumonia)	Droplet Standard	Duration of illness
Pneumococcal (Streptococcus pneumoniae)	Standard
Pneumocystis carinii	Standard
Staphylococcus aureus (nafcillin/methicillin sensitive OR resistant)	Standard
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A strep)	Droplet Standard	Until 24 hours after initiation of effective therapy
Varicella-Zoster (See Varicella-Zoster)
Viral, All patients	Contact Droplet Standard		See Respiratory Infectious Disease, acute, or specific viral agent

Poliomyelitis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Contact Standard	Duration of illness

Pressure ulcer (decubitus ulcer, pressure sore) infected Major
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Contact Standard	Duration of illness	Until drainage stops or can be contained by dressing

Pressure ulcer (decubitus ulcer, pressure sore) infected Minor or limited
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard		If dressing covers and contains drainage.

Prion disease (See Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Pseudomonas sp.
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
multi-drug resistant (CP-gene positive or cefepime resistant or ceftazidime resistant)	Contact Standard
All other patients	Standard

Psittacosis (ornithosis)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
(Chlamydia psittaci)	Standard

Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Rabies
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Rat-bite fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis, Spirillum minus)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Relapsing fever
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Respiratory infectious disease, acute (if not covered elsewhere)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
When clinical syndrome suspected and/or no organism identified on further testing	Contact Droplet	duration of illness or until specific pathogen is known	Initiate isolation when test is ordered to rule out viral pathogens.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Contact Droplet	Adult and Pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT patients: Duration of illness AND retest is negative. All other patients: Duration of illness	Initiate isolation when test to rule out viral pathogens is ordered.

Reye’s syndrome
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard		Not an infectious condition

Rheumatic fever
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard		Not an infectious condition

Rhinovirus
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Benioff Children's Hospital and Pediatrics	Contact Droplet	Adult and Pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT patients: Duration of illness AND retest is negative. All other patients: Duration of illness	Initiate isolation when test is ordered to rule out viral pathogens.
Adult services	Droplet	Adult and Pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT patients: Duration of illness AND retest is negative. All other patients: Duration of illness	Initiate isolation when test is ordered to rule out viral pathogens. *Add Contact Precautions if copious moist secretions and close contact likely to occur

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