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  1. Is RSV contact as I read in th pneumonics or is it Droplet? I am confused . Also I read that SARS is airborne and contact ?
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  4. RSV is contact precaution according g to Saunders. SARS I remember is airborne not too sure if it is contact too.
  5. Ops. According to Saunders SARS infection is spread by close person-to-person contact by direct contact with infections material. (respiratory secretions or contact with persons or objects infected with infectious droplets)
  6. So SARS is Airborne AND Contact. Gloves, gown, mask.

    RSV I understood it to be contact. If you go on to the CDC.gov website and search infection precautions you will get a nice list there..
  7. RSV
    CDC says RSV is droplet...

    • Respiratory viruses (e.g., influenza, parainfluenza virus, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus)

    CDC also states it can be transmitted via indirect contact (thus contact precautions)

    CDC -Transmission-Based Precautions BICPP - HICPAC
    CDC - RSV: Transmission and Prevention

    & Kaplan course book just says contact...

    SARS
    Per CDC: Contact and AII (airborne infection isolations) Precautions, in addition to Standard Precautions, should be applied when caring for patients with known or possible SARS-CoV disease.

    http://www.cdc.gov/sars/guidance/I-i...lthcare.html#3

    They also mentioned something about droplet...but if you have airborne precautions you're covered with the droplets.
    Last edit by carygt3 on Aug 8, '12 : Reason: addition
  8. RSV is droplet?? :/ I would go with whatever CDC says I guess.