ArticleInfectious diseases now2021
Impact of admission to high-risk isolation room on patients' and healthcare workers' perceptions: A qualitative cross-assessment Approach.
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- Effects of Respiratory Isolation for Tuberculosis to Reduce Community-based Transmission: A Systematic Review.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Pooled it
- A retrospective survey of patient experiences during hospital-based isolation for tuberculosis in new York City.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionHigh-risk isolation units (HRIU) house patients at high risk of transmitting infectious agents, notably patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever or smear-positive tuberculosis. Admission to HRIU can alter the quality of care and impact patients' and healthcare workers' (HCWs) anxiety and dissatisfaction.
methodsThe Infectious Diseases Department of the Bichat Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris houses a 7-bed HRIU. We conducted a qualitative study based on individual semi-structured interviews to assess the perceptions of both patients and HCWs.
resultsWe interviewed 14 patients and 16 HCWs routinely working in the HRIU. All 8 patients subject to isolation precautions and 1 of the 6 patients not subject to isolation precautions expressed a negative representation of the room with a feeling of confinement, stigma, and mistrust. They also reported a lack of information from healthcare staff and a need for entertainment, activities, and visits from relatives. HCWs did not like working in this unit because of the anteroom's technical constraints and a loss of frequent contact with patients. They also expressed a feeling of insecurity working in these units despite the use of interphones.
conclusionPlacing patients in an HRIU not only affects their emotions, but also impacts HCWs both emotionally and organizationally. Alert systems, intercoms, and videoconferencing systems can improve safety and security as well as exchanges with patients and their relatives. Psychological support is needed for patients who are subject to isolation precautions and for their attending HCWs.
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