Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Transmission-Based Precautions. Minus Related Pages. On This Page. Contact Precautions. See Guidelines for Isolation Precautions for complete details. Ensure appropriate patient placement in a single patient space or room if available in acute care hospitals. In long-term and other residential settings, make room placement decisions balancing risks to other patients.
In ambulatory settings, place patients requiring contact precautions in an exam room or cubicle as soon as possible. Use personal protective equipment PPE appropriately, including gloves and gown. Donning PPE upon room entry and properly discarding before exiting the patient room is done to contain pathogens.
Limit transport and movement of patients outside of the room to medically-necessary purposes. Remove and dispose of contaminated PPE and perform hand hygiene prior to transporting patients on Contact Precautions. Don clean PPE to handle the patient at the transport location.
Use disposable or dedicated patient-care equipment e. If common use of equipment for multiple patients is unavoidable, clean and disinfect such equipment before use on another patient. Prioritize cleaning and disinfection of the rooms of patients on contact precautions ensuring rooms are frequently cleaned and disinfected e. Droplet Precautions. Source control: put a mask on the patient. Ensure appropriate patient placement in a single room if possible. In acute care hospitals , if single rooms are not available, utilize the recommendations for alternative patient placement considerations in the Guideline for Isolation Precautions.
In long-term care and other residential settings, make decisions regarding patient placement on a case-by-case basis considering infection risks to other patients in the room and available alternatives. Use personal protective equipment PPE appropriately. Don mask upon entry into the patient room or patient space. Jump to navigation Skip to main content. Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission.
There are three types of transmission-based precautions--contact, droplet, and airborne - the type used depends on the mode of transmission of a specific disease. Some diseases require more than one type of transmission-based precaution e.
SARS, which requires airborne and contact precautions as well as eye protection with all client contact. In addition to standard precautions, wear a surgical mask when within 3 feet 6 feet for smallpox of persons known or suspected of having diseases spread by droplets examples include influenza, pertussis, meningococcal disease.
If eye protection is indicated, wear goggles or a face shield during ALL contact with the individual, not just when splashes or sprays are anticipated, as with standard precautions. Topics A-Z. Responsive Menu. Infection Control and Prevention - Transmission-based precautions Infection control principles and practices for local public health agencies Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission.
Additional resources Isolation Precautions CDC Guidelines Contacts Healthcare-Associated Infection HAI Prevention Program Division of Public Health Bureau of Communicable Diseases Phone Fax Contact Precautions Use the following measure in addition to standard precautions when in contact with individuals known or suspected of having diseases spread by direct or indirect contact examples include norovirus, rotavirus, draining abscesses, head lice.
All re-usable items taken into an exam room or home should be cleaned and disinfected before removed.
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