Translation guide
A hospital area for patients with contagious diseases or those needing separation. In Japanese, the term varies by context—general isolation, infectious disease units, or protective isolation.
A ward where patients are kept separate from others, typically for infection control.
Standard term for an isolation ward in a hospital. Used for patients with infectious diseases or those requiring separation.
He is hospitalized in the isolation ward due to tuberculosis.
Refers to an isolation room rather than a whole ward. Common in clinical settings.
Patients with infectious diseases receive treatment in an isolation room.
A specialized ward for patients with highly contagious diseases, often with negative pressure rooms.
Specifically an infectious disease ward, often part of a designated medical institution for infectious diseases.
Patients with the novel coronavirus were isolated in the infectious disease ward.
Designated medical institution for infectious diseases, which includes isolation wards. Often used in official contexts.
A ward where patients with weakened immune systems are protected from outside infections, e.g., after bone marrow transplant.
A sterile room or ward for patients with severely weakened immune systems. Often used for bone marrow transplant patients.
After the bone marrow transplant, he spent several weeks in a sterile room.
A clean room used for protective isolation. More common in technical or engineering contexts but also used in hospitals.
A ward in a psychiatric hospital where patients are kept separate for safety or treatment reasons.
A seclusion room in a psychiatric ward, used for patients who may harm themselves or others. Not a whole ward but a specific room.
The agitated patient was temporarily placed in a seclusion room.
A psychiatric isolation ward. Less common as a fixed term but understandable.
隔離病棟 is a general isolation ward, while 感染症病棟 specifically refers to an infectious disease ward. In many contexts they overlap, but 感染症病棟 emphasizes the infectious nature of the diseases treated.
In Japanese hospitals, the term used may depend on the type of isolation (source isolation vs. protective isolation) and the department. When in doubt, 隔離病棟 is a safe general term.
That hospital is designated as a medical institution for infectious diseases.
Immunocompromised patients are managed in a clean room.
That hospital has a psychiatric isolation ward.