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