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2. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

3. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are additional infection control precautions – over and above universal/standard precautions – and the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important ...

4. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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   Infection control addresses factors related to the spread of infections within the healthcare setting, whether among patients, from patients to staff, from staff to patients, or among staff. This includes preventive measures such as hand washing , cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing , and vaccinating .

5. Protective isolation - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] It is sometimes practiced in patients with severe burns and leukemia, or those undergoing chemotherapy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] When reverse isolation is practiced in laminar air flow or high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)-filtered rooms, there was an improvement in survival for patients receiving bone marrow or stem cell grafts.

6. This young Texas doctor only read about measles. Now she's a ...

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   The child was placed in isolation, with hospital staff in full gowns and masks. Through the course of the child's stay, her rash changed to smaller red dots. Myrick thought she would be the only case.

7. Body substance isolation - Wikipedia

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   Body substance isolation is a practice of isolating all body substances (blood, urine, feces, tears, etc.) of individuals undergoing medical treatment, particularly emergency medical treatment of those who might be infected with illnesses such as HIV, or hepatitis so as to reduce as much as possible the chances of transmitting these illnesses. [1]