1. CONTACT PRECAUTIONS BEFORE entering UPON leaving
Staff must wear gloves and gowns to enter room.
BEFORE entering
Disinfect hands with alcohol gel (includes visitors)
2. Put on gown
3. Put on gloves
UPON leaving
1. Remove gloves
2.Remove gown
3. Disinfect hands with
alcohol gel (includes visitors)
Do not remove sign until after room has been terminally cleaned
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2. COMMON DISEASES REQUIRING THIS SIGN
CONTACT PRECAUTIONS
1. Gloves and gown must be worn by staff to enter the room.
2. A private room is required. If private room unavailable, page Infection Control
3. Special airflow rooms are not necessary. Door may remain open.
4. Gowns and gloves are removed immediately after use.
5. Hands disinfected with alcohol gel before putting on gloves and when leaving room.
6. For patient transport outside room, wounds must be covered and body fluids contained. The patient should wear a clean outer cover gown and disinfect his/her hands. The department to which the patient is to be taken should be notified that Contact Precautions are required.
7. Visitors should disinfect their hands when leaving the patient’s room. Visitors who will enter more than one patient’s room should use the precautions for healthcare workers outlined on the front of this card.
COMMON DISEASES REQUIRING THIS SIGN
(See Isolation Precautions Manual or Contact Precautions Fact Sheet for complete list)
Abscess, major, draining Lice
Anthrax, cutaneous MRSA(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
Chickenpox A Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli
Decubitus, draining, infected, major Scabiesi
Diphtheria (cutaneous) Smallpox (variola) A
Herpes Simplex (severe or neonatal) VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococci)
Herpes Zoster (immunocompromised Zoster (immunocompromised or disseminated) A
or disseminated)A
Impetigo
A Also Airborne Precautions
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