Ep070: Safety and Infection Control Standard Precautions Understand Communicable Diseases

Airborne – isolation room, negative pressure room, must wear appropriate mask and additional PPE (gown, gloves)
- Measles
- Varicella
- Tuberculosis
Droplet – isolation room, surgical mask okay, gown, gloves
- Meningitis
- Pertussis
- Pneumonia
- Influenza
Contact – isolation room, gown and gloves
- Colonized organism, or present of / infection with an MDRO
- MRSA, VRE
Enteric – contact precautions but must wash hands with soap and water, no hand sanitizer
- Clostritium difficile

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