What type of personal protective equipment should be used

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Discussion Post: Microbiology

Directions

Hospitals and other healthcare settings will often implement Transmission-Based Precautions to prevent or help reduce the spread of infections to healthcare workers, as well other patients in their care. These Transmission-Based Precautions are designed to supplement standard precautions in patients/residents with documented or suspected infection/colonization of highly transmissible or epidemiologically important pathogens. The three categories of Transmission-Based Precautions include:

1) Contact Precautions
2) Droplet Precautions
3) Airborne Precautions

Task

For your initial post, choose one of the Transmission Based Precautions listed above to report on. Research your selection and provide answers to the following questions: When should the precaution be implemented? What type of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used by a healthcare worker providing care to the patient? Are there any other considerations that apply when caring for a patient with this type of precaution?

Reference no: EM133702647

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