What to know
Standard Precautions are used for all patient care. They're based on a risk assessment and make use of common sense practices and personal protective equipment use that protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient.
Recommendation details
- Follow hand hygiene recommendations and training for healthcare providers.
- Follow guidelines for hand hygiene.
- Training course for hand hygiene.
- Clean Hands Count materials.
- Follow guidelines for isolation precautions.
- Resources to prevent occupationally-acquired infections.
- Follow guidelines for isolation precautions.
- Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette in Healthcare Settings.
- Materials for patients, including Cover Your Cough signs.
- Follow guidelines for environmental infection control.
- Follow guidelines for disinfection and sterilization.
- Use the toolkit for evaluating environmental cleaning.
- Wear a surgical mask when performing lumbar punctures.
- Properly handle needles and review the Sharps Safety for Healthcare Settings workbook.
- Follow guidelines for isolation precautions.
- Follow guidelines for infrastructure and routine practices in healthcare personnel.
- Follow guidelines for epidemiology and control of selected infections transmitted among personnel and patients.
- Follow NIOSH healthcare worker information.
- Occupationally-Acquired Infections in Healthcare Settings.