Download Contact Precaution Sign for Room Entry 2008, Jun 18

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Contact
Precautions
ALTO
Visitors must go to nursing station
before entering room
Wash hands or use hand sanitizer before
entering and before leaving room
Wear gloves when entering room/cubicle
Wear gown when entering room/cubicle
Use patient-dedicated equipment or singleuse, disposable equipment. Clean and
disinfect all equipment before removing
from environment.
Precauciones de Contacto
Los visitantes deben presentarse primero al puesto de
enfermeria antes de entrar. Lávense las manos. Pónganse
guantes al entrar al cuarto.
Contact
Precautions
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Burkholderia cepacia for patients with cystic fibrosis
Conjunctivitis (acute viral, acute hemorrhagic)
Diarrhea with a likely infectious cause in a diapered or incontinent patient (see also Contact
Precautions Enhanced): Adenovirus, Campylobacter sp, cholera, E. coli, Giardia lamblia, Norovirus,
Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., V. parahaemolyticus, viral, Y. enterocolitica
Hepatitis A (diapered/incontinent patients)
Hepatitis E (diapered or incontinent patients)
Human metapneumovirus
Multi-drug resistant organisms (e.g. MRSA, VRE, VISA, VRSA, ESBL-producing organisms)
Poliomyelitis
Rotavirus
SARS (with Airborne and Droplet)
Skin infections that are highly contagious or that may occur on dry skin including:
– Abscesses, cellulitis, decubiti, wounds, burns (major, large, infected, draining, noncontained)
– Chickenpox (Varicella) (with Airborne if disseminated or localized in immunocompromised
– Diphtheria (cutaneous)
– Herpes simplex virus (mucocutaneous, disseminated or primary, severe)
– Impetigo
– Monkey pox (with Airborne)
– Pediculosis/lice (until 24 hours after appropriate treatment)
– Scabies
– Scalded skin (staphylococcal)
– Smallpox (with Airborne)
– Tuberculosis (extrapulmonary draining lesion)
– Vaccinia: eczema vaccinatum, fetal vaccinia, generalized vaccinia, progressive vaccinia,
secondary bacterial infection, conjunctivitis
– Zoster (disseminated OR localized in an immunocompromised patient)
Viral/hemorrhagic infections (Ebola, Lassa, Marburg, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome,
Crimean-Congo) with Droplet)
Children: Adenovirus, bronchiolitis, congenital rubella, Furunculosis, Respiratory Syncytial virus,
Parainfluenza, enteroviral infections, neonatal herpes simplex