PPE and Isolation Precautions

what do you wear for contact precautions?

gloves, gown

what do you wear for droplet precautions?

mask, gloves, PT wears mask leaving room

what do you wear for airborne precautions?

mask, gloves, N95 respirator mask ONLY for TB

what diseases require contact precautions?

enteric infections (C.diff, Hep A, Cholera, Dysentery)

Staph infection

RSV

Herpes infections (includes shingles)

what’s involved in contact precautions?

dedicated equipment (includes toys)

private room is preferred, but not req’d → say yes to a private room though!

keep RSV kid and suspected RSV kid separated → you need positive cultures

what diseases require droplet precautions?

meningitis (bacterial or viral)

H flu (what causes epiglottis)

what’s involved in droplet precautions?

private room is preferred, but not req’d → say yes to a private room though!

can cohort based on positive cultures

what diseases requires airborne precautions?

MMR

TB

varicella (chicken pox)

what’s involved in airborne precautions?

private room is REQUIRED and negative airflow room

• unless cohorting

keep door closed

RSV and TB are spread via ___ but on ___ precautions

droplet

• RSV → contact

• TB → airborne