Understand Quarantine and Isolation

Author(s)
CDC Emergency Risk Communication Branch (ERCB), Division of Emergency Operations (DEO), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)
Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
10 Feb 2014
Publisher
CDC
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Urban
Link
https://emergency.cdc.gov/preparedness/quarantine/facts.asp

This is a CDC fact sheet on quarantine and isolation.

 

Modern quarantine is used when:

  • a person or a well-defined group of people has been exposed to a highly dangerous and highly contagious disease,
  • resources are available to care for quarantined people, and
  • resources are available to implement and maintain the quarantine and deliver essential services.