Need your help re: isolation precautions

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Hi everyone,

Could you please take a moment to review the isolation precautions I have listed and let me know if I am on the right track? Different sources have contradicting information and I want to make sure I have these straight. Thank you so much!

AIRBORNE

Chicken Pox (Varicella), Disseminated Varicella Zoster, Measles (Rubeola), Tuberculosis

DROPLET

Adenovirus, Diptheria- Pharyngeal, Epiglottitis- HIB, Influenza, Meningitis- HIB, Mumps, Parovirus B19, Pertussis, Pharyngitis- Streptococcal, Pneumonia- HIB, Pneumonia- Meningococcal, Pneumonia- Mycoplasma, Pneumonia- Strep A, Rhinovirus, Rubella, Scarlet Fever, Sepsis

CONTACT

Bronchiolitis, C. Difficile,Congenital Rubella, Conjunctivitis, Cutaneous Diptheria, Hepatitis A, Herpes Simplex, Impetigo, MRSA. Parainfluenza? per CDC, Pediculosis, Poliomyelitis, Rotavirus, RSV, Scabies, Shingles (Varicella Zoster), Staphylococcus Skin Infection, Streptococcus Skin Infection, VRE Skin Infection

STANDARD

Botulism, Cellulitis, Colorado Tick Fever, Cytomegalovirus, Dengue Fever, E. Barr/Mononucleosis, Enterobiasis (Pinworm), Kawasaki, Legionnaires Disease, Lyme Disease, Meningitis- Strep Pneumoniae, Norovirus, Pneumocystis Carinii, Pneumonia- Viral, Rabies, Reye's Syndrome, Rheumatic Fever, Roseola, Tapeworm, Tetorifice, Tinea (Ringworm) per CDC, Toxoplasmosis, Tularemia, West Nile Fever, Yellow Fever

Miscellaneous

SARS- A,C,D; Smallpox- A, C; Viral Hemorrhagic Fever- D,C?

Although it is from 2007, and the influenza needs to be updated (it's blank), the CDC has a document which states which isolation requiement is needed for each disease process. It is a long document, but it is in Appendix A, on page 95 of the document.

Specializes in Critical Care Transport/Intensive Care/Management.

Here's the CDC site for your reference ... hope this helps. The Appendix starts on Page 94.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Isolation2007.pdf

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