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    There are 2 tiers of recommended precautions to prevent the spread of infections in healthcare settings:
    Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions.

    Standard Precautions for All Patient Care

    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.

    Transmission-Based Precautions

    Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to Standard Precautions for patients with known or suspected infections

    Page last reviewed: January 5, 2016
    Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
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