Airborne Infection Isolation Precautions
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contact Precautions
Disease Transmission
Droplet Precautions
Ebola
Gloves and Other Personal Protective Equipment
Hand Hygiene and Antisepsis
Healthcare-Acquired Infections
Infection Prevention
Instrument Reprocessing
Isolation Precautions
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
Isolation Precautions for the Prevention of the Transmission of Ebola, Enterovirus-D68 and Other Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings
October 10, 2013 — This article discusses the two primary types of Isolation Precautions: (i) Standard Precautions and (ii) Transmission-based Precautions (which include Contact Precautions, Droplet Precautions and Airborne Precautions).…