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transmission-based precautions: a standalone construct

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Infection prevention

extra contact, droplet or airborne precautions added on top of standard precautions for patients known or suspected to carry particular infections.

In infection prevention, transmission-based precautions refers to extra contact, droplet or airborne precautions added on top of standard precautions for patients known or suspected to carry particular infections. This meaning comes from Siegel (2007) in American Journal of Infection Control.[1]

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  1. Siegel, J. D., Rhinehart, E., Jackson, M., & Chiarello, L. (2007). 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings. American Journal of Infection Control, 35(10), S65-S164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2007.10.007

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