Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions
HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS PROGRAM
Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions
Last Updated 2017
Basics of Infection Prevention Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality California Department of Public Health
Objectives
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? Discuss preventing infection ? Discuss preventing transmission ? Review standard precautions ? Review transmission-based isolation precautions ? Discuss hierarchy of infection control measures
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Prevent Infection
? Avoid introduction of pathogens into sterile body sites, such as during placement of a medical device or during surgery ? Avoid introducing patient's own flora into a sterile site ? Avoid introducing any pathogens acquired in the hospital
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Prevent Transmission
? Avoid the transfer of pathogens from person-to-person ? Avoid Health Care Personnel (HCP)-to-patient transmission, such as via contaminated hands of HCP ? Avoid patient-to-HCP transmission of infectious diseases, such as by using appropriate isolation precautions
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Standard Precautions
? Basic practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of a patient's suspected or confirmed infectious state
? Apply to all settings where care is delivered ? Protect healthcare personnel and prevent healthcare
personnel or the environment from transmitting infections to other patients.
Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings ? CDC HICPAC Recommendations, 2016
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