Contact Precautions
Type of transmission where organisms are transmitted directly from person to person
What is Direct Contact Transmission?
Droplet precautions are intended to prevent transmission of pathogens spread via contact with these.
What are respiratory secretions?
These are the residents for which standard precautions apply.
What are all residents?
When donning PPE, this is the first thing you put on.
What is the gown?
Transfer of the infectious agent through a contaminated intermediate object or person
What is Indirect Contact Transmission?
Droplets may be generated by these symptoms.
What are coughing and sneezing?
This is a well-known virus that advances into AIDS and only requires standard precautions from healthcare professionals.
What is HIV or human immunodeficiency virus?
When doffing PPE, this is the first thing you remove.
What are gloves?
This classification includes MRSA, VRE, and ESBLs. May give the abbreviated or long name.
What is Multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)?
This viral infection is common during winter months, and can be deadly for the elderly, immunocompromised, and the very young.
What is influenza?
Even in non-infectious residents, these should be worn along with gloves in the event of performing any procedure that may generate droplets or splashing of bodily fluids.
What are goggles and masks?
This is the preferred setting for a resident on isolation precautions, when available.
What is a private room?
This is a bacteria that infects the gut, often after disruption of normal healthy bacteria from antibiotic use; can also infect a person who comes into contact with it via fecal-oral route.
What is C.diff (clostridium difficile)?
This procedure is used to evacuate the oral cavity and airway from excess mucous and may also generate infected droplets.
What is suctioning?
This should be done before entering a resident's room, between procedures, and before leaving a resident's room.
What is wash your hands?
These stations are placed at entrances to facilities for visitors to utilize, especially if they have any respiratory symptoms such as a cough or runny nose.
What are cough etiquette stations?
These PPE items are required for Contact Precautions.
What are gown and gloves?
These PPE items are required for droplet precautions.
What are gown, gloves, mask, and goggles?
These should be worn whenever exposure to any of the following is planned or anticipated: blood, bodily fluids and waste, draining wounds, mucous membranes, non-intact skin, drainage tubes, during venipuncture or other invasive procedures.
What are gloves?
If you are sick, this is the amount of time you must be fever-free before returning to work.
What is 24 hours?