The quarantine chambers at the SRRC are just like the "sterile" operating chambers in a hospital. The chambers are completely isolated from each other and in the chambers there is a prevailing over-pressure. This means that the air pressure in the quarantine chambers is higher than the pressure in the surrounding area"s. All the quarantine chambers have doors into a hallway behind the quarantine area. In this hallway there is a prevailing under-pressure. By maintaining a constant difference in pressure, it becomes absolutely impossible for viruses or bacteria to be transported through the air into the other quarantine chambers.
The water supply and drainage of the pools is also completely isolated. The chamber has a constant temperature and the tiled floor on which the seal lies is heated. The patient is monitored by a TV-camera.
Carers need to change their work clothes in a special dressing room, before they enter the quarantine area. They replace their work overall with a under-suit, over which they pull on a special quarantine-suit just before entering the quarantine area. They also wear hair nets, face-masks and gloves, and they put on the awaiting boots as they enter the quarantine area. After treating the seal, all the protective clothing is left behind in the quarantine area. It will be disinfected later. In order to treat a second seal in quarantine, workers must dress themselves in a new set of protective clothing in the quarantine hallway. The protective clothing is worn over the under-suit.



