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Published in Ken Addley, MCQs, MEQs and OSPEs in Occupational Medicine, 2023
Best fit. Sharps safety is encompassed within Standard Precautions. Transmission-Based Precautions are practices that are implemented for the care of patients with documented or suspected infections where contact with the patient, their body fluids or their environment poses a risk, despite adherence to Standard Precautions. Contact, droplet and airborne precautions are the three elements of Transmission-Based Precautions.
Infection Prevention and Control
Published in Firza Alexander Gronthoud, Practical Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020
The use of standard precautions is the primary strategy for preventing transmission of healthcare-associated infections. Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions, where the suspected or confirmed presence of infectious agents represents an increased risk of transmission and/or severe illness.
The Impact of Hospital Epidemiology on the Management and Control of Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Controversies
Published in Robert C. Owens, Lautenbach Ebbing, Antimicrobial Resistance, 2007
As with other communicable diseases, HAIs are transmitted by contact, the airborne route, through a common source, droplet spread, or via a vector (39). Standard Precautions are applied to all hospitalized patients to reduce the spread of pathogenic organisms. Transmission-Based Precautions (airborne, droplet, contact) and empiric use of Transmission-based Precautions supplement Standard Precautions in those situations where patients are known or suspected to be colonized or infected with pathogens of epidemiologic significance. Since recommendations may not anticipate every contingency, it remains the prerogative of the infection control professional to modify precautions to fit institutional needs and special situations.
COVID-19 decontamination procedures for photographic equipment in a secondary care setting
Published in Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, 2020
Timothy Zoltie, Katie Owen, Alessandro Devigus, Sharon Kelly
Transmission-based precautions should be undertaken when photographic equipment is exposed to within two metres of a known or suspected infectious patient, or where an AGP is being undertaken on a known or suspected infectious patient. In these circumstances, photographic equipment should be decontaminated by use of a decontamination agent at a dilution of 1000 ppm available chlorine. From existing research, the authors found that this may cause colour fading on plastics and rusting on steel surfaces over prolonged use. It should also be noted that photographic equipment warranties are likely to be void following use of strong disinfectants. Should this be a deciding factor, equipment that has been contaminated should be timestamped and left within a hard case for seven days, to allow clearance of infectious particles.
Optometry Australia’s infection control guidelines 2020
Published in Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2021
Kerryn M Hart, Fiona Stapleton, Nicole Carnt, Luke Arundel, Ka-Yee Lian
Transmission-based precautions are recommended when standard precautions alone may not be sufficient to prevent the spread of the infectious agent. They should be applied when patients are known or suspected of being infectious or colonised with disease agents that cause infections and tailored to the particular pathogen involved and its mode of transmission.5,7,11 Optometrists should consider asking all patients about their blood-borne virus carrier or infection status during the patient history, or through a patient questionnaire or telehealth screening prior to examination.
Are Visitors Dangerous Carriers of Pathogens in The Hospital? an Observational Study in an University Hospital in Sicily
Published in Hospital Topics, 2019
Rosalia Ragusa, Gabriele Giorgianni, Giuseppina Faro, Antonio Lazzara, Maria Alessandra Bellia, Marina Marranzano
The potential role of visitors in the transmission of infection is unknown. Although transmission-based precautions are generally used to prevent the spread of organisms in healthcare settings by healthcare staff, the application of these precautions to visitors is unclear (Banach et al. 2015).