negative-pressure room

Slovak translation: podtlaková jednotka

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07:55 Feb 14, 2021
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: negative-pressure room
Definition from Kaiser Family Foundation:
Rooms specifically designed for patients with contagious diseases that contain any circulating air in the room and prevent it from being released into any other part of the hospital.

Example sentence(s):
  • Engineers have made rapid improvements to Wellington Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) - converting a new six-bed extension into a large negative pressure room and building two new air locks in just a few days. Such work could normally take months from planning to completion. NZ Herald
  • Sheriff Javier Salazar has confirmed one inmate at the Bexar County jail will be tested for COVID-19. According to Salazar, the inmate has some signs of the flu and will be tested soon. In the meantime, he has been put in one of the four negative-pressure rooms at the jail. NEWS4SASA
  • "But what about when you have dozens that coming in over the day? And it's not just the COVID-19 patients. It's the flu patients, it's the coughs and the cold symptoms that we're seeing every single day multiple times a day," Miller said. "When you first see them, what are you going to do with them? You can't put them all into that negative pressure room that the ER has." FierceHealthCare
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Slovak translation:podtlaková jednotka
Definition:
Je to miestnosť s kapacitou maximálne štyroch lôžok, s prístrojmi zodpovedajúcimi jednotke intenzívnej starostlivosti. Má dva vchody – vonkajší „špinavý vchod“ pre pacientov a vnútorný pre personál.

V miestnosti je negatívny tlak, ktorý zabraňuje šíreniu nákazy ďalej do ovzdušia. Vzduch prúdi do miestnosti a z nej cez filtre.
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podtlaková jednotka


Definition from pravda.sk:
Je to miestnosť s kapacitou maximálne štyroch lôžok, s prístrojmi zodpovedajúcimi jednotke intenzívnej starostlivosti. Má dva vchody – vonkajší „špinavý vchod“ pre pacientov a vnútorný pre personál.

V miestnosti je negatívny tlak, ktorý zabraňuje šíreniu nákazy ďalej do ovzdušia. Vzduch prúdi do miestnosti a z nej cez filtre.

Example sentence(s):
  • Podtlaková jednotka SARS je totiž určená na liečbu ťažkých infekčných a vysoko nákazlivých chorôb, napríklad eboly. - lekari.sk  
Katarina Mihalova
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Local time: 11:58
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PRO pts in category: 32

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podtlaková miestnosť


Definition from health.gov.sk:
Bezpečnostné opatrenia proti kontaktnému, vzduchovému a kvapôčkovému prenosu, ktoré zahŕňajú aj:
» Podtlaková miestnosť, ak je to možné

Example sentence(s):
  • Ďalej je potrebné uplatňovať prísne opatrenia na kontrolu infekcie, ako je izolácia pacientov a karanténa ľudí, ktorí s nimi boli v kontakte, a to tak skoro, ako je to len možné. Ideálne by bolo dobré každého pacienta umiestniť samostatne do podtlakovej miestnosti. - Martin University Hospital  
  • Jej súčasťou je aj Klinika infektológie a geografickej medicíny, vybavená špeciálnou podtlakovou miestnosťou, v ktorej by pacientovi s podozrením na nákazu ebolou odobrali krv a poslali ju na vyšetrenie do laboratória v zahraničí. - mia.sk  
  • Je to najvyšší, štvrtý stupeň ochrany. Už vstup do podtlakovej miestnosti je cez takzvaný špinavý vchod, aby pacient neprišiel do kontaktu s ostatnými ľuďmi. "Naši zamestnanci by tam boli v špeciálnych skafandroch aj s dýchacím prístrojom a pozorovali by pacienta cez sklo keď vyjdu z miestnosti a pri vychádzaní absolvujú očistu v dekontaminačnej miestnosti," tvrdí hovorkyňa univerzitnej nemocnice Petra Stano Maťašovská. - noviny.sk  

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Ján Ramža
Slovakia
Local time: 11:58
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 52
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