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Two-Tiered Precautions for Infection Control
Baptist Health has adopted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Guidelines for Transmission-based, Isolation, or Contact Precautions. It is broken into two
tiers, as follows:
Tier One . . . Tier Two . . .
known as Standard Precautions, known as Transmission-Based, Isolation, or
applies to all patients. Gloves are to Contact Precautions, applies to patients
be worn when having direct contact infected with or suspected of having a
with any patient's body substance communicable disease.
(for example, blood, urine, feces,
drainage, sputum) and hand hygiene Refer to interdepartmental policy for assistance
is to be performed before and after in completing the STOP sign that is placed on the
patient contact and after removal of door of the patient's room and front of the
gloves. patient's chart. It instructs those entering what is
needed to protect them from potential exposure.
