Disease Specific Isolation Recommendations Standard Precautions • CMV • HIV • Hepatitis B and C • Aspergillosis Contact Precautions • MRSA (mask if respiratory infection) • VRE • Adenovirus • Diarrhea • C. Difficile • Rotavirus • E coli 0157 • Enterovirus • Salmonella • Shigella • Hepatitis A • Herpes Zoster (shingles, localized) • Herpes simplex • Parainfluenza (mask if coughing) • RSV (mask if productive cough) • Lice • Scabies • Chicken pox (symptomatic, until all lesions crusted and dried) Droplet Precautions • Pertussis • Influenza A or B • MRSA (respiratory infection) • Neissera meningitides (suspected or confirmed) • Coxsackie • Bacterial meningitis (for 24 hours after effective antibiotic therapy) • RSV (droplet and contact) • Mumps • Rubella Airborne Precautions • Chicken pox • Disseminated herpes zoster (shingles) • Measles Airborne, N-95 Mask: • Tuberculosis • SARS • Avian influenza #Nursing #Isolation #Precautions #Airborne #Contact #Respiratory #Management
