TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS

TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS
AIRBORNE Gown, gloves, individual fitted particulate filter mask, negative pressure isolation room After care: 1.     Remove gloves 2.     Take off goggles 3.     Take off gown 4.     Remove N5 respirator 5.     Perform hand hygiene	<5 um pathogen infected droplets remain suspended in the air over time and travel distances greater than 3 ft	Chicken pox (varicella) Tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis) SARZ Rubeolla
DROPLET Gown, gloves, mask	>5 um pathogen infected droplets 3 ft or less - coughing, sneezing etc. - maintain 3 ft separation from infected   patient	Respiratory syncytial virus (private room) Mycoplasmal pneumonia Meningococcal pneumonia Pneumonic Plague Pertussis Mumps Pharyngeal diphtheria Streptococcal pharyngitis Haemophilus influenza Neisseria meningitidis Measles (rubella)
CONTACT Gown, gloves	Direct skin- to-skin contact, Indirect contact with surfaces	Clostridium difficile S. aureus Impetigo Scabies (skin to skin) Chlamydia (sexual) Gonorrhea (sexual) Herpes simplex  HSV 1-throat, face, eye, mouth HSV 2-genital