Inf isolation precautions chart

Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition

Abscess ? Draining, Major

Abscess ? Draining, Minor or Limited

Acinetobacter baumannii ? Carbapenem-intermediate or -resistant Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Actinomycosis

Adenovirus ? Conjuntivitis

Adenovirus ? Gastroenteritis Adenovirus ? Respiratory infection -Infants and Children

Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica )

Anthrax ? Cutaneous or Pulmonary

Aspergillosis

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INF 8.11 Appendix A: Disease Specific Isolation Precautions Chart

Isolation Precautions

Required

Infective Materials

Duration of Precautions

Infection Control Report to CDPH

Additional Comments

Glove & Gown Wound drainage Duration of illness.

No

Standard

No

The patient, their

body fluids and

their

All glove boxes must be removed from patient

Glove & Gown environment. Duration of hospitalization. No room following patient discharge or transfer.

Standard

Yes IC reports newly identified cases to CDPH.

Standard

Glove & Gown Eye secretions

Duration of illness.

Glove & Gown

Feces

Mask, Glove & Respiratory

Gown

secretions

Duration of illness. Duration of illness.

No

Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries will require placement at least 6 feet from other No patients with visable barrier in place.

Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries will require placement at least 6 feet from other No patients with visable barrier in place.

Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries will require placement at least 6 feet from other No patients with visable barrier in place.

Standard Standard

Yes

Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # 6.28.2 SFTY Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan.

Standard

No

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Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition

Avian Influenza Babesiosis Blastomycosis

Botulism Brucellosis

Burkholderia cepacia Campylobacter gastroenteritis Candidiasis (all forms including mucocutaneous) Cellulitis

? Uncontrolled draining

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INF 8.11 Appendix A: Disease Specific Isolation Precautions Chart

Isolation Precautions

Required

Mask, Glove, Gown & Eye

Protection

Infective Materials

Respiratory secretions

Duration of Precautions

14 days after onset of symptoms, an alternate diagnosis is confirmed or diagnostic tests confirm patient is not infected with

Influenza A Virus.

Infection

Control Report to

Additional Comments

CDPH

Negative airflow room required. Staff must wear

goggles or face shield when within 3 feet of

patient. Discard all PPE after each use. Patient

must have dedicated equipment; stethoscope,

blood pressure cuff, thermometer, etc. See

Policy # INF 8.08 Care of Prentice Patient

Requiring Isolation Precautions for patients

Yes residing in PWH.

Standard

No

Standard Standard

Yes

Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # 6.28.2 SFTY Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan.

Standard Standard

Yes

Patients with Cystic fibrosis (CF) colonized or infected must not be admitted to a unit where another CF patient resides. Persons with CF who visit must wear a mask when within 3 feet of a No colonized or infected patient.

Standard

Feces

Yes

Standard

No

Glove & Gown

Duration of illness.

No

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Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INF 8.11 Appendix A: Disease Specific Isolation Precautions Chart

Isolation Precautions

Required

Infective Materials

Duration of Precautions

Infection Control Report to CDPH

Additional Comments

Chancroid (soft chancre) Chicken pox (Varicella zoster virus)

Standard

Mask, Glove & Gown

Respiratory secretions, vesicular lesion

fluid

Until lesions are dry and crusted.

Yes

Negative airflow room required. Refer to Infection Control Policy # 8.08 INF Care of Prentice Patient Requiring Isolation Precautions Yes for patients in PWH.

Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Standard

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

Clostridium difficile- associated disease

Conjunctivitis ? Bacterial ? Chlamydia ? Gonococcal

Conjunctivitis ? Viral (Keratoconjunctivitis)

Coxsackie Virus (an Enterovirus) ? Infants and Children

Standard

Glove & Gown

Feces

Until patient has formed stool or duration of hospitalization.

Standard

Glove & Gown Glove & Gown

Eye secretions

Respiratory secretions and

feces

Duration of illness. Duration of illness.

Coxiella burnetti (Q fever)

Standard

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Yes Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # 6.28.2 SFTY

Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan.

Patients without associated diarrhea do not No require Glove & Gown Precautions.

Consider Glove & Gown Precautions if type of infection is unknown. Please notify Infection Control & Prevention Department if >2 patients on the same unit are on precautions for No conjunctivitis. Please notify Infection Control & Prevention Department if >2 patients on the same unit are No on precautions for conjunctivitis. Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries will require placement at least 6 feet from other No patients with visable barrier in place.

Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # 6.28.2 SFTY Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan.

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Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Croup Cryptococcosis Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporiasis Cytomegalovirus infection Decubitus ulcer ? Infected, major Decubitus ulcer

? Infected, minor Dengue Fever

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INF 8.11 Appendix A: Disease Specific Isolation Precautions Chart

Isolation Precautions

Required

Infective Materials

Standard

High infectivity tissues; brain, spinal cord and eyes. Low infectivity tissues; CSF, kidneys, liver, lungs, lymph nodes, spleen, and placenta.

See Additional Respiratory

Comments

secretions

Duration of Precautions

Infection Control Report to CDPH

Additional Comments

Please refer to Surgical Services Policy # 1.12 SS Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD)/Prions: Operating Room Guidelines

Croup is caused by a diverse group of organisms, please refer to causative agent for specific No isolation precautions.

Standard

No

Standard

Yes

Standard

Yes

Standard

No

Glove & Gown Wound drainage While drainage is present. No

Standard

No

Standard

No

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NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INF 8.11 Appendix A: Disease Specific Isolation Precautions Chart

Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diptheriae ) ? Cutaneous

Isolation Precautions

Required

Infective Materials

Duration of Precautions

Infection Control Report to CDPH

Two negative cultures from

throat, nose and lesions

Respiratory

obtained 24 hours after

secretions and completion of appropriate

skin lesions and antibiotic therapy and taken

articles soiled by not less than 24 hours

Glove & Gown skin lesions.

apart.

Yes

Additional Comments

Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diptheriae ) ? Pharyngeal

Donavanosis (Granuloma inguinale, Granuloma venereum)

Mask Standard

Two negative cultures from

throat and nose obtained 24

hours after completion of

Negative airflow room required. Refer to

appropriate antibiotic

Infection Control Policy # 8.08 INF Care of

Respiratory therapy and taken not less

Prentice Patient Requiring Isolation Precautions

secretions

than 24 hours apart.

Yes for patients in PWH.

No

Ebola Virus (Viral Hemorrhagic Fever)

Mask, Glove & Gown

Blood, body fluids, organs,

respiratory secretions

Duration of illness.

Negative airflow room required. Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # 6.28.2 SFTY BioTerrorism Response Plan. Refer to Infection Control policy 8.08 INF Care of Prentice Patient Requiring Isolation Yes Precautions for patients in PWH.

Echinococcosis

Echovirus (an Enterovirus) ? Infants

Echovirus (an Enterovirus) ? Adults

Standard

Respiratory Glove & Gown secretions, feces

Duration of illness.

Standard

No Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries will require placement at least 6 feet from other

No patients with visable barrier in place.

No

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