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This may vary due to the contexct it is used in. In the hospital, if someone is in Respiratory contact isolation it is a very serious matter. The patient is usuall in a isolated room due to some pathogen that is in their respiratory tract and could be spread to others. This room that they are isolated in is usually kept at a negative pressure so that when it is opened air is sucked in and not out. All people that are entering the contact isolation room should have on a gown, gloves, and a mask.
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