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
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