Infection Control Precautions
There are 4 types of infection control precautions. The type required is determined by the way the infection is transmitted. They include:
- Standard Precautions
- Contact Precautions
- Droplet Precautions
- Airborne Precautions
All health care personnel should be knowledgeable about infection control measures. Read the Summary of Infection Control Precautions
Infection Control Practices
Infection control practices are critical to reduce the transmission of infections from one person to another, such as from a healthcare worker to a patient or vice versa. See:
What is Infection Control?
In health care and public health practice settings, infection control includes a number of measures designed to prevent and contain the spread of infectious disease. These measures include:
- Hand washing
- Infection control standard, contact, droplet and airborne precautions
- Procedures for decontamination of persons and disinfection of equipment and the environment
- Quarantine of contacts (if necessary)
- Prophylaxis of exposed individuals
- Control of the vectors of infection
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