Approaches for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, and Pandemics

Additional precautions may need to occur when working with a suspected infection; these guidelines are known as

transmission-based precautions which has three categories

Contact precautions

transmission through direct and indirect touching; using proper PPE such as gloves and gown, washing hands before and after working with the patient, disinfecting exam rooms

Droplet precautions

transmission by contact of secretions and usually occurs when an infected person coughs or sneezes; get patient to an exam room asap, have patient put on a face mask, and have professional use appropriate PPE such as mask and gloves

Airborne precautions

transmission by infectious agents floating in the air, which can expose anyone around the patient; allow the pt to enter facility by a different route, place the pt in an isolation room, pt wearing face mask, and have the health care working use appropriator PPE like mask-gloves-gown