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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How do I know what type of precautions to

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

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How do I know what type of precautions to

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

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Droplet Precautions

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Droplet Precautions

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Bordetella pertussis Source: CDC

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How do I know what type of precautions to

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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Staphylococcus on cheek

Staphylococcus

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Strength

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