“Quarantine Pod”
How to live with Pandemics
Forming a pod means total honesty on each family's part to take care of each other, considering the infected and the healthy in the family. “It’s almost like an algorithm of adding space and time and preventing something from encountering us.”
It is the safety buffer inside homes after pandemics.
This pod design aims to achieve comfort for both sides, keeping the family connected, in addition to the main purpose of infection prevention.
Ensuring an appropriate setting and adequate provisions
The implementation of quarantine implies the use or creation of appropriate facilities in which a person or persons
are physically separated from the community while being cared for. Appropriate quarantine arrangements include the
following measures.
• Those who are in quarantine must be placed in spaciously single rooms with in-suite facilities (that is, hand hygiene
and toilet facilities).
• Suitable environmental infection controls must be used, such as ensuring are adequate air ventilation, air filtration
systems, and waste-management protocols.
• Accommodation must provide an appropriate level of comfort, including – provision of food, water, and hygiene
facilities.
• Medical assistance and health monitoring must be provided when needed
• Those who are in quarantine must be able to communicate, and maybe see family members who are outside the
quarantine facility.
• If possible, access to the internet, news, and entertainment should be provided.
• Psychosocial support must be available so as not to feel alone.
• Infection prevention and control
Possible locations for this quarantine room are hotels, dormitories,
or houses.
(these recommendations are based on WHO)
Design Requirements
