Contact Precautions:

Before entering:
1. Wash hands
2. DON gown then gloves
Upon entering:
1. use disposable equipment when possible
2. when not available clean and disinfect all equipment before removing from room
Transporting patient:
1. PT should perform hand hygeine and wear a clean gown
2. For direct contact with pt, nurse or care provider should wear a gown and gloves.
3. Notify receiving area
Before leaving the patient's room:
1. Remove gloves then gown
2. Wash hands
Contact Precautions Microorganisms:
1. Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureu
(MRSA), Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), Penicillin resistant
Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP), Multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(MDRP))
2. Scabies
3. Herpes Zoster (Shingles) localized
4. Diarrhea, Clostrididum difficile
Airborne Contact Precautions:
Before entering:
1.Wash hands
2. Don N95 Respirator (Mask)
3. Don gown then gloves
*Negative Pressure Isolation Room KEEP DOOR CLOSED
Transporting patient:

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2.
3.
4.

Patient must wear a surgical or procedure mask and a clean gown

Patient must wash hands
For direct contact with pt, nurse or care provider should wear a gown and gloves.
Notify receiving area

Before leaving pt's room:

1. Remove gloves then gown NOT N95 mask
2. Wash hands
After leaving pt's room:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Shut door
Wash hands
Remove N95 mask
Wash hands

Airborne Contact Precautions Microorganisms:

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2.
3.
4.

Measles (Rubeola)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Chicken Pox (Varicella-Zoster virus)
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) disseminated

Droplet Contact Precautions:

Before Entering:
1. Wash Hands
2. DON Mask and Eye Protection
3. DON Gown then Gloves
Patient Transport:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Pt must perform hand hygeine

Pt must wear a surgical or procedure mask and clean gown
For direct contact with pt, nurse or care provider should wear a gown and gloves.
Notify receiving area

Before Leaving Pt's Room:

1. Remove gloves then gown
2. Wash Hands

3. Remove eye protection and mask

4. Wash Hands
Droplet Contact Precautions Microorganisms:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Influenza (Flu)
Viral Respiratory tract infections (adenovirus, parainfluenza, rhinovirus, RSV)
Streptococcus group A pharyngitis, pneumonia, scarlet fever
Neisseria meningitidis invasive infections
H. Influenzae type b invasive infections
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Rubella
Mumps