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== Examples of accommodation schedule for isolation ward ==
'''''Patient spaces (based on work by Edwina Fleming)'''''

{| style="border-spacing:0;width:16.226cm;"
|- style="border:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | Patient Spaces
|-
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Room type
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General description
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Spatial requirement
|-
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Ward room
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | 1 bed
| style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:none;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # All non-essential furniture to be removed for infection prevention and control purposes
# Room must be under controlled access (lock or other).
# Room selection should prefer rooms with impervious smooth floors for easy cleaning.
# Room to be supplied wall mounted hand sanitiser
# Standard hotel bedroom, or similar can be utilised.
# Deep cleaning is required once the patient is discharged before a new patient is admitted.
# Room must have openable windows for ventilation


|-
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Bathroom
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Toilet, shower/bath, basin
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # Single use bathroom is recommended, not communal.
# Bathroom to have either a shower or bath, basin and a toilet.
# Deep cleaning is required once the patient is discharged before a new patient is isolated.
# Room must have openable windows for ventilation, if not possible the extraction and ventilation system must be reviewed before admitting patient (see ventilation section of this document)


|- style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | If rooms have access to external balcony, access can be granted, however if room balconies are adjoined, access must be restricted.
|- style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | If room have access to external garden, this must be restricted, unless external patio can be cordoned off.
|-
|}
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{| style="border-spacing:0;width:15.998cm;"
|- style="border:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | Shared Spaces
|-
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Room type
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General description
| style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Spatial and other requirement
|-
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Linen store
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General cupboard or room utilised for controlled storage and distribution of clean linen.
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # Must be once-off decontaminated before use.
# Must be under controlled access (lock or other).
# Room selection should consider hard surfaces.
# Room to be supplied with gloves, apron and surgical masks and wall mounted hand sanitiser


|-
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Surgical store
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General cupboard or room utilised for controlled storage and distribution of surgical items. This room can be combined with the temporary medicine store.
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # Must be once-off decontaminated before use.
# Must be under controlled access (lock or other).
# Room selection should consider hard surfaces.
# Room to be supplied with gloves, apron and surgical masks and wall mounted hand sanitiser.


|-
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Medicine store
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General cupboard utilised for controlled storage and distribution of medication, can be shared with surgical store. See above note
|-
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Dirty linen room
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | General cupboard or room utilised for controlled storage of dirty/contaminated linen. Used linen to be stored in bags and bagged into waste bag for transport to laundry
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # Must be once-off decontaminated before use.
# Must be under controlled access (lock or other).
# Room selection should consider hard surfaces.
# Room to be supplied with gloves, apron and surgical masks and wall mounted hand sanitiser


|-
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | Body hold room
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | In the event that a suspected patient becomes ill and dies prior to being transferred to a hospital site, a holding room is required for the body. This is an open room, preferably no windows and controlled access.
| style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:none;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;" | # Must be once-off decontaminated before use.
# Must be under controlled access (lock or other).
# Room selection should consider hard surfaces.
# Room must have mechanical ventilation 
# Room to be supplied with body bags, gloves, apron and surgical masks and wall mounted hand sanitiser
# Room to be clear of all furniture and body trolleys to be provided (sourced from hospital site)


|- style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | No shared meeting or socialising area to be provided
|- style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-left:1.5pt solid #000000;border-right:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:0.176cm;"
| colspan="3" | No shared dining area to be provided for patients, in room dining only
|-
|}