Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Isolation & Quarantine

Isolation

  • This will separate persons with an infectious illness from persons who are not infected.
  • Isolation usually occurs in a health care facility, but it may also occur in the home.

Quarantine

  • Restricts persons who may have been exposed to an infectious illness but are not currently ill.
  • Quarantine usually occurs in the home, but may also occur in a health care facility, with the restriction of movement between buildings and in public.[8]