Wards / Room Types

General Wards

The general ward comprises of well-ventilated multi-bedded rooms with fans, and an attached bathroom with shower and toilet.

Isolation Wards

The general ward comprises of well-ventilated multi-bedded rooms with fans, and an attached bathroom with shower and toilet. The isolation ward comprises of single bedded isolation rooms with an attached bathroom with shower and toilet, and a self-closing door for each room. The rooms are negatively pressured in relation to the corridor.

Negative Pressure Wards

The Negative Pressure (NEP) room is a negative pressured isolation room with additional barriers such as an anteroom and a self-closing inter-locking door. The patient room is negatively pressured in relation to the anteroom and the corridor. This prevents the contamination and potential transmission of infectious diseases to other areas of the hospital.​

 

When the door to the room is open, air from the anteroom is drawn into the patient's room. The flow of air from the anteroom into the patient's room prevents outflow of infectious agents from the patient's room. Similarly, the anteroom is negatively pressured in relation to the corridor. When the door from the corridor is opened, air flows from the corridor into the anteroom.

 

The NEP room has a pressure gauge and alarm system to advise staff when pressurisation is not achieved.

 

The purpose of the anteroom is to provide:

 

  • Control of the entry and exit of contaminated air when the anteroom door is opened.

  • A barrier against the potential loss of pressurisation;

  • A controlled area where PPE can be donned prior to entry into the isolated contamination area.

 

The general design principles for the NEP room focuses on safety with the following key features:

 

  1. Clear segregation of flows for patient, public, staff, clean and dirty materials.

  2. Air flow and circulation.

  • Separate air handling unit (AHU) supplying clean air to different zones.

  • Single pass air-conditioning system and separate AHU.

  • Exhaust system with top–tiered High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter (99.999%).

  • Exhausted air from patient rooms will be passed through HEPA filtration and Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation before being exhausted out.

Intensive Care Unit

​The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at NCID caters to critically ill patients requiring multi-disciplinary medical care. The infrastructure is designed to contain and isolate patients that are infectious while ensuring that they receive quality clinical care and management.

High-Level Isolation Unit

The High-Level Isolation Unit (HLIU) is sited within NCID to safely contain and manage high consequence pathogens (HCP) and novel pathogens.

 

The HLIU is a state-of-the-art facility to provide the best care possible for patients with infections that are highly virulent and can be spread from person to person, such as Ebola.  For maximum containment, the unit will have on-site capability for laboratory testing and waste management. The HLIU will also have facilities and staff capable of providing intensive care to HCP patients who are critically ill or who may require surgery.  The facility has been thoughtfully designed with a view to patient, staff and equipment flows, decontamination needs, and providing a supportive environment for patients & their families.

Staff will receive ongoing training so that they can work safely caring for patients in the HLIU.  Enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided, including special respirators.  HLIU staff will work in supportive multi-disciplinary teams. 

Last Updated on 28 Apr 2026