2. DEFINITION
• Special precautionary measures,practices and
procedures used in care of patients with
contagious or communicable diseases by
wearing nonporous articles such as
gloves,gowns.goggles,and face mask.
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5. PURPOSES
To prevent cross contamination between
patients and hospital personnel.
To confine and contain any infectious disease
agent.
To confine and contain all blood and body fluids.
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6. BASIC PRINCIPLES
• Wash hands prior to entering and exiting
rooms.
• Careful disposal of contaminated
materials.
• Knowledge of disease and mode of
transmission.
• Protection of client and public during
transport.
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7. 2007 GUIDELINE FOR ISOLATION
PRECAUTION-CDC /HICPAC
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
distinguish two types of isolation
precautions:
Standard precautions
Transmission based precautions
1) airborne precautions
2) droplet precautions
3) contact precautions
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8. Standard
Precautions .
Hand washing
PPE –
gloves,mask,goggles
,gown.
Proper - handling of
soiled patient care
equipments,
environmental
cleaning,disposal of
sharps.
Minimal handling of
soiled linen.
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16. REVERSE ISOLATION
• Isolation procedure designed to
protect a patient from infectious
organisms that might be carried by
staff ,other patients, visitors or on
droplet in air or equipment or
materials.
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19. CONCLUSION
• As with all infection control measures,isolation
precautions are designed to prevent the
spread of infection from one person to
another.The RESPONSIBILITY for the practice
of infection control lies in the hands of every
HEALTH CARE WORKER.
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