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Isolation review

So the study guide from here has TB as airborne precautions, but was readin gmy Kaplan NCLEX-RN 2011-2012 review and it has droplet in the book?

AIRBORNE

My - Measles

Chicken - Chicken Pox

Hez - Herpez Zoster

TB

Keep the room door closed and the client in the room.

™ Client should have a private room.

Pt wears mask out of room

Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr

Mask, UV

N95 mask for TB

[ also some sources have SARS and Varicella as Airborne]

DROPLET

think of SPIDERMAN!

S - sepsis

S - scarlet fever

S - streptococcal pharyngitis

P - parvovirus B19

P - pneumonia

P - pertussis

I - influenza

D - diptheria (pharyngeal)

E - epiglottitis

R - rubella

M - mumps

M - meningitis

M - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia

An - Adenovirus

Private Room or cohort

Mask

also mask when patient leaves room?

door open when patient in room?

h) use dedicated equipment or clean and disinfect between patients

That it?

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    TB is definitely airborne. They need a private, negative pressure room, but they also need the special N95 mask.

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    And the rest? Some of my review notes say door open for droplet and one says door closed.

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    Door open for droplet, closed for airborne.

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    TB is airborne, door closed, negative pressure, and 95N mask

    droplets door open. I never seen a pneumonia pt with his door closed.... surgical mask and 3 feet from pt.

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    airborne and droplet both have mask on patient if transfering

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