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Application of the Updated CDC Isolation Guidelines for Health Care Facilities
Author(s) -
Tarrac Shauna Ely
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.12.001
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , infection control , isolation (microbiology) , standard precautions , hygiene , medicine , health care , disease control , universal precautions , medical emergency , transmission (telecommunications) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , personal hygiene , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , disease , environmental health , family medicine , computer science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , telecommunications , economics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , economic growth
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL and Prevention has published updated guidelines for isolation precautions that outline how health care workers can prevent the transmission of infectious agents to their patients and to themselves. THE GUIDELINES RE‐EMPHASIZE standard precautions, which guide clinicians in the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), depending on the expected type of exposure. Respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette is incorporated into infection control practices as a new component of standard precautions. THE ARTICLE PROVIDES information on the new guidelines as well as information on newly emerging patho gens and methods to prevent disease transmission in health care settings.