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There are several types of isolation precautions when caring for a patient with an infectious disease. All of the following require airborne precautions EXCEPT?
a. Measles
Pertussis requires droplet precautions. Agents that require airborne precautions are agents that remain infectious over long distances in the air. These include measles, chicken pox (varicella), herpes zoster and tuberculosis. Droplet precautions include pathogens that spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions. Those include sepsis, scarlet fever, strep, pertussis, parvovirus B19, influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, epiglottitis, rubella, RSV, mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma and adenovirus. Last type of precaution is contact, which includes any organisms that are spread by direct or indirect contact.
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b. Tuberculosis
Pertussis requires droplet precautions. Agents that require airborne precautions are agents that remain infectious over long distances in the air. These include measles, chicken pox (varicella), herpes zoster and tuberculosis. Droplet precautions include pathogens that spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions. Those include sepsis, scarlet fever, strep, pertussis, parvovirus B19, influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, epiglottitis, rubella, RSV, mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma and adenovirus. Last type of precaution is contact, which includes any organisms that are spread by direct or indirect contact.
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c. Pertussis
Pertussis requires droplet precautions. Agents that require airborne precautions are agents that remain infectious over long distances in the air. These include measles, chicken pox (varicella), herpes zoster and tuberculosis. Droplet precautions include pathogens that spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions. Those include sepsis, scarlet fever, strep, pertussis, parvovirus B19, influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, epiglottitis, rubella, RSV, mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma and adenovirus. Last type of precaution is contact, which includes any organisms that are spread by direct or indirect contact.
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d. Varicella
Pertussis requires droplet precautions. Agents that require airborne precautions are agents that remain infectious over long distances in the air. These include measles, chicken pox (varicella), herpes zoster and tuberculosis. Droplet precautions include pathogens that spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions. Those include sepsis, scarlet fever, strep, pertussis, parvovirus B19, influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, epiglottitis, rubella, RSV, mumps, meningitis, mycoplasma and adenovirus. Last type of precaution is contact, which includes any organisms that are spread by direct or indirect contact.
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