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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. Shingles - Wikipedia

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    Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or zona, [6] is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. [2] [7] Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide mark either on the left or right side of the body or face. [1]

  4. Isolation (health care) - Wikipedia

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    Droplet precautions are intended to prevent transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions. Preventative measures such as personal protective equipment can be worn to prevent direct contact with mucous membrane and respiratory secretion.

  5. Why You Should Get the Shingles Vaccine Soon - AOL

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    The vaccine is Shingrix, which is highly effective at preventing shingles and its serious and painful complications. If you're a healthy adult age 50 or above, you should get vaccinated against ...

  6. 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]

  7. GSK's RSV, Shingles vaccines show on-par immune ... - AOL

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    RSV causes over 177,000 hospitalizations and 14,000 deaths in the United States annually, while over 1 million people develop shingles every year in the country.

  8. Shingles linked with higher risk of experiencing cognitive ...

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    The recent study also found that having had shingles carried a higher risk of subjective cognitive decline for men who carried the gene APOE4 — associated with cognitive impairment and dementia ...

  9. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    A poster outlining precautions for airborne transmission in healthcare settings. It is intended to be posted outside rooms of patients with an infection that can spread through airborne transmission. [1] Video explainer on reducing airborne pathogen transmission indoors