WORKLOAD WHEN CARING FOR ISOLATED VS. NON-ISOLATED PATIENTS 1 (Mis-)Judgment of infection risks is associated with additional workload among healthcare workers when treating isolated patients. Susanne Gaube 1,2 , Sara Däumling 1,3 , Isabell Biebl 2,3 , Anca Rath 1 , Aila Caplunik-Pratsch 1 , & Wulf Schneider-Brachert 1 1 Department of Infection Prevention and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany 2 LMU Center for Leadership and People Management, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany 3 Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Word count: 817 (main text and figure legend) Number of references: 8 Number of figures: 1 Number of tables: 0 Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Susanne Gaube, Franz- Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Phone: 0049-941-944-8960. E-Mail: susanne.gaube@ukr.de