what is quarantine?
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Quarantine A quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of persons; it is a 'state of enforced isolation'. This is often used in connection to disease and illness, such as those who may possibly have been exposed to a communicable disease.
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contagion Definition of contagion for English Language Learners : the process by which a disease is passed from one person or animal to another by touching : a disease that can be passed from one person or animal to another by touching : a contagious disease
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Quarantine at Jackson, MI Parnall Prison as More Sickened You are here: Home / News / Quarantine at Jackson, MI Parnall Prison as More Sickened. July 4, 2014 by. The outbreak at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson has expanded. Now at least 150 people are sick, a dramatic increase from the 30 ill persons reported earlier in the week.
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quarantine Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quarantine /ˈkwɒrənˌtiːn/. n. a period of isolation or detention, esp of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease, usually consisting of the maximum known incubation period of the suspected disease.
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Law and the Publicâs Health Isolation and quarantine are well-established measures for tuberculosis control, but they would be quite controversial in a large-scale public health emergency such as an influenza pandemic or a bioterrorism event. 1  The idea of “justice” is complex and multifaceted, but it remains at the heart of public health’s mission.
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Overview Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease that mainly affects your lungs. The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
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- Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner and has been cited as an additional measure of protection for the inmate.
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State Quarantine and Isolation Statutes State Quarantine and Isolation Statutes. State Quarantine and Isolation Statutes. Public health quarantine and isolation are legal authorities that may be, but rarely are, implemented to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Isolation may be used for ill people, to protect the public by preventing exposure to infected people.
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Exchange 2010: Mailbox Quarantined Exchange 2010: Mailbox Quarantined. What is Mailbox Quarantine? Mailbox quarantine is a feature in the Exchange Server 2010 information store. Based on values in the registry, the store detects a mailbox or mailboxes that have the potential to or have caused the store to crash and quarantines them for specific period.
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contagion Definition of contagion for Students 1: the passing of a disease from one individual to another as a result of some contact between them 2: a contagious disease
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- Make sure our address is correct; Make sure that you have a return label affixed to the package. If possible please provide the shipper with a valid shipping account number, and or telephone numbers of both parties. This will come in handy in the event there is problem shipping.
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Abstinence The term Abstinence refers to a voluntary forbearance from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to abstention from sexual intercourse, alcohol, or food.asting practices may preclude sexual activity as well as food, in addition to refraining from eating certain types or groups of foods; for example, one might refrain from eating meat. A complete fast in its traditional definition is abstinence of all food and liquids except for water.
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- A prison, correctional facility, detention center (US English), jail (US and Australia), gaol (dated) (British English), penitentiary (sometime used in American English) or remand centre is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.
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- incubation[in′kyū-bā′shŭn] 1. Act of maintaining controlled environmental conditions for the purpose of favoring growth or development of microbial or tissue cultures or to maintain optimal conditions for a chemical or immunologic reaction.
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Difference between Isolation and Quarantine Key Difference: Isolation is when the person who is infected with a particular disease is separated from the public to keep the public safe. The terms quarantine and isolation often scare people because usually represents the seriousness of a disease.uarantine is often used when a person comes into contact with an unknown substance or hazardous materials, which may or may not be detrimental to the person’s health. In this case, the person is usually placed under quarantine until proper tests are conducted. Difference between Isolation and Quarantine: Isolation.
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Leper colony A leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine people with leprosy (Hansen's disease). The term lazaretto can refer to quarantine sites, which were at some time also leper colonies. leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine people with leprosy (Hansen's disease). The term lazaretto can refer to quarantine sites, which were at some time also leper colonies.
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Home Detention Curfew (HDC) Home Detention Curfew (HDC) What is a Home Detention Curfew? A Home Detention Curfew (HDC), or ‘tag’ as it is commonly known, is a scheme that allows certain offenders to be released from prison early subject to an electronically monitored curfew.
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lockdown Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lockdown /ˈlɒkˌdəʊn/. n. US a security measure in which those inside a building such as a prison, school, or hospital are required to remain confined in it for a time: many schools remained under lockdown yesterday.
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Gileadâs new price hikes on HIV drugs anger AIDS activists By boosting prices for the older HIV treatments twice in just six months, Gilead is clearly hoping that doctors will prescribe its newer drugs. And physicians have an added impetus for doing so: the newest Gilead medications are more potent and studies have indicated they are likely to cause fewer side effects.
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H1N1 Swine Flu Isolation and quarantine are public health practices used to stop or limit the spread of disease. Isolation is used to separate ill persons who have a communicable disease from those who are healthy.Isolation restricts the movement of ill persons to help stop the spread of certain diseases.uarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms.
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What is Public Health? What is Public Health? Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases. Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations.
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What are vaccines? A vaccination is an injection of a dead bacterium. Your body then recognizes this bacterium and your immune system fights it off. See the related links for more information. A vaccine is a biological preparation that establishes or improves immunity to a particular disease. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by a pathogen.
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privacy In contrast to privacy and secrecy, which are usually sought by the individuals involved, isolation and sequestration are often imposed by others. For example, a vulnerable medical patient might be kept in isolation to protect him from acquiring an infection through contact with others, or a prisoner might be placed in isolation —that is, in solitary confinement—as punishment for an infraction.
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curfew A curfew is a law, regulation, or ordinance that forbids particular people or particular classes of people from being outdoors in public places at certain specified times of the day.
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- curfew noun [C]. › a ​rule that some or all ​people must ​stay off the ​streets during ​particular ​hours, used esp. to ​maintain ​peace during a ​period of ​violence: to ​impose/​lift a curfew. (Definition of curfew from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press).
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What Is Tuberculosis? What Is Tuberculosis? TB is short for tuberculosis. TB is a serious disease that can cause a person to become very sick if not treated with medicine. TB usually affects the lungs, but it sometimes affects other parts of the body.