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Know the Stop Signs
Stop signs posted on patient room doors inform
employees and visitors about what specific
transmission-based precautions are required to enter
the room. Mini-STOP signs are placed on medical
charts of patients requiring isolation.
Note that entities currently have different types of
stop signs. The second sign on the right one will
become the standard system-wide sometime in 2020.
Stop signs may also indicate combinations of
precautions such as Contact/Airborne,
Contact/Droplet, and others. Be sure to follow ALL
precautions indicated.
The stop sign below indicates precautions for
patients that have compromised immune systems
and need additional protection from transmissions.
Such conditions requiring these precautions are
those that decrease white blood count such as
Neutropenia or Granulocytopenia.
The orange fluorescent
triangle is placed on the !
stop sign for additional
precautions for patients SOAP & WATER
with diarrhea and/or WASH
C. difficile. +
ALCOHOL RINSE
AFTER CONTACT
