How do I know what type of precautions to use? Standard Precautions –Used with all patients.

How do I know what type of precautions to

use?• Standard Precautions

– Used with all patients

Standard Precautions

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use?• Airborne Precautions

– Microorganisms transmitted by airborne droplets nuclei

– Small-article residue 5 microns or smaller in size of evaporated droplets containing microorganisms that remain suspended in the air and can be widely dispersed by air

Airborne Precautions




use?• Droplet Precautions– Microorganisms transmitted by droplets

– Large particle droplets larger than 5 microns in size

– Can be generated during coughing, sneezing, talking, or the performance procedures



Droplet Precautions


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Droplet Precautions



Bordetella pertussis Source: CDC






use?• Contact Precautions

– Infected or colonized with epidemiologically important microorganisms that can be transmitted by direct contct with the patient

– Hand or skin-to-skin contact that occurs when performing patient-care activities that

– require touching the patient’s dry skin– Or indirect contact (touching) with environmental surfaces or patient-care items in the patient’s environment.

Contact Precautions



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How do I know what type of precautions to use? Standard Precautions –Used with all patients.

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