CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection documents the development, study, and evaluation of gnotobiotic or germ-free patient isolation. During the 1960s, Shriners Burn Unit in ...

In the mid-1960s, Dr. James Holland built germ-free units, the so-called “Life Islands,” at the Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. Chemotherapy patients would reside for several weeks, ...

A mobile isolation unit hits the ground running and it’s an innovative transport system that protects patients and medical workers. It takes some of the weight off their shoulders — literally. The ...

You've probably been stuck next to someone on a flight who blasts icy air in your direction from the overhead air jets. But what if those filtration units could actually help stop the spread of ...

The Connecticut Department of Correction has moved its medical isolation unit, used to separate inmates sickened with COVID-19, from the state’s maximum-security prison to a nearby facility, officials ...

CALDWELL, Idaho — As counties throughout Idaho continue working to contain the spread of the COVID-19, one area in Idaho that isn't yet reporting any cases is the state's jails. The lack of inmates ...