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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,
Refer to interdepartmental policy for assistance
drainage, sputum) and hand hygiene
in completing the STOP sign that is placed on the
is to be performed before and after
door of the patient's room and front of the
patient contact and after removal of
patient's chart. It instructs those entering what is
gloves.
needed to protect them from potential exposure.

Notes: Appendix A is a useful Baptist Health Intranet reference which can be found on the
Infection Control homepage on our intranet. All employees including contract workers and
nonclinical personnel (for example, IT, Engineering, etc.) should know how to follow the indications
on the Stop Sign and be able to safely don and remove personal protective equipment (PPE).