barrier nursing

American  

[bar-ee-er nurs-ing] / ˈbær i ər ˈnɜrs ɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice of providing medical care to patients intended to minimize the spread of infectious diseases, usually through methods such as disinfection, protective clothing, and isolation.

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Example Sentences

"We followed the government advice on how to safely accept admissions at all times, including going beyond this to self-isolate individuals for two weeks and implementing barrier nursing as a precaution."

From BBC

She added: "We have taken a number of control measures in the unit, including a deep clean, isolation and barrier nursing, safety briefs to all staff and infection control advice to all visitors."

From BBC

This form of isolation depends on special wards and dedicated hospitals, containment suites where available, buildings converted to makeshift treatment centers, tents and plastic fences when nothing more can be had, plus the simple techniques of barrier nursing, supported by tools such as masks, aprons, goggles, examination gloves, rubber boots, duct tape, bleach, and plastic buckets to hold bleach solution for washing hands.

From Time

According to the CDC, health care workers must be able to recognize a case of Ebola and be ready to use "isolation precautions or barrier nursing techniques."

From US News

They can pass from person to person only by direct contact with bodily fluids, and therefore an outbreak is stoppable by simple isolation and “barrier nursing,” or the careful handling of patients and corpses, once enough medical gloves, gowns, goggles, rubber boots, body bags and knowledge have reached the scene.

From New York Times