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Standard Precautions?

Just wondering if anyone knew why pneumocystis jivoveci pneumonia (PCP) would require standard precautions and not droplet? I was doing a practice question from my nclex book and the answer was standard precautions.

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    Because it's an opportunistic infection that takes over the lungs of immunocompromised people. It's normally found in the environment and wouldn't cause a problem in the lungs of a healthy person.

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    Thanks guys, I have another question lol what does standard precautions imply then with this pt? Just washing hands? no gloves, gowns, mask etc right?

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    Standard precautions are the same as with any pt. Washing hands and wearing gloves when in contact with soiled items or body fluids. I would also be very careful not to introduce infection to this pt since he is immunocompromised.

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    Thank you ! ;-)

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    If I can't come up with the answer any other way with infection control questions, I go with standard precautions. That is my standard guess.

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