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Guideline for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals

Julia S. Garner, RN, MN, and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee


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Standard Precautions

Contact Precautions

Droplet Precautions

Airborne Precautions


From the Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Garner JS, Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Commitee. Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1996;17:53-80, and Am J Infect Control 1996;24:24-52.

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Updated: February 18, 1997