Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings—2003
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Slide 10: Elements of Standard Precautions
Slide Text
- Handwashing
- Use of gloves, masks, eye protection, and gowns
- Patient care equipment
- Environmental surfaces Injury prevention
- Injury Prevention
Speaker Notes
Standard Precautions include:
- Handwashing.
- The use of personal protective equipment, such as gloves, masks, eye
protection, and gowns, that are intended to prevent the exposure of skin
and mucous membranes to blood and other potentially infectious materials.
- Proper cleaning and decontamination of patient care equipment.
- Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces.
- Injury prevention through engineering controls or safer work practices.
Note: OSHA retains the use of the term “Universal Precautions” because they are concerned primarily with transmission of bloodborne pathogens.
Page last reviewed: September 22, 2009
Page last modified: April 26, 2005
Content source:
Division of Oral Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
