Rapid Contact Isolation Containment System — RCICS

RCICS is an open source effort to develop a locally fabricable door-replacement assembly for temporary contact/droplet isolation spaces.

RCICS is not an airborne-isolation or negative-pressure system. The current designs have not been validated or approved for clinical use.

Current development

The active design iteration is:

• September 2026 design

Historical snapshots

• August 2026 concept: august-design-v0.2
• August design summary

Project documentation

• WHO questions
• Clinical questions
• Requirements
• Design decisions
• Meeting notes
• Research

Contribution workflow

1. Open or select an issue.
2. Create a branch for the change.
3. Update the design and associated documentation.
4. Open a pull request.
5. Obtain technical review before merging.