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Isolation Table

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Gangrene (gas gangrene)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Gastroenteritis
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
Gastroenteritis, no organism identified	Standard		Use Contact + Standard Precautions for diapered or incontinent persons for the duration of illness or to control institutional outbreaks for gastroenteritis caused by all of the agents below.
Adenovirus	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Campylobacter sp.	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Cholera (Vibrio cholera)	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
C. difficile	Standard Enteric Contact	Patients on 11L or 12L: Duration of hospitalization. All others: Enteric Contact + Standard isolation can be discontinued if (1) patient has had no diarrhea for ≥48 hours AND (2) patient has been transferred to clean room.	Hand hygiene with alcohol based hand rub is recommended EXCEPT use Hand Hygiene with soap and water upon exiting the room of a patient on Contact + Standard Isolation for suspected or confirmed C.difficile disease. See Diarrhea Decision Tree Diarrhea Decision Tree.
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium sp.)	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Escherichia coli Enterohemorrhagic O157:H7	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Other species	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Giardiasis (Giardia lamblia)	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Norovirus	Standard Enteric Contact	Adult and pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT patients: Duration of hospitalization,. All others: Enteric Contact + Standard isolation can be discontinued if (1) patient has had no diarrhea for ≥48 hours AND (2) patient has been transferred to clean room.
Rotavirus	Contact Standard
Salmonella sp. (including S. typhi)	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Shigella species	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Vibrio parahaemolyticus	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Viral (not otherwise mentioned)	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness
Yersinia enterocolitica	Standard		*Use Contact + Standard Isolation for diapered or incontinent persons for duration of illness

German measles (see Rubella; see Congenital Rubella)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Giardiasis (see Gastroenteritis)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment

Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum (gonorrheal ophthalmia, acute conjunctivitis of newborn)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhea)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis, granuloma venereum)
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard

Guillain-Barre syndrome
Condition	Isolation	Duration of Isolation	Comment
	Standard