Acute Communicable
Disease Control

 
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County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health
Acute Communicable Disease Control
313 N. Figueroa Street, #212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7941
Fax: (213) 482-4856
Email:acdc2@ph.lacounty.gov

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Transmission Based Precautions: Infectious Disease Prevention Posters
These signs aim to help healthcare workers remember when certain precautions are necessary to help prevent infections and save lives. These Transmission Based Precautions are in addition to Standard Precautions as a part of a basic infection prevention and control program. They are used anytime there is a known potential for spreading infectious agents. The appropriate transmission based precaution is determined by the type of organism and how it is usually transmitted.

For additional guidance on infection control in your facility, please contact the Healthcare Outreach Unit: HAI@ph.lacounty.gov

The following posters can be printed or downloaded.



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These precautions should be used during high contact care for residents with high risk characteristics for MDRO colonization and transmission, even if MDRO status is unknown:

  • Functional Disability
  • Incontinence 
  • Presence of indwelling devices
  • Ventilator-dependence
  • Wounds, unhealed pressure ulcers

This would include all residents in a subacute unit.


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These precautions should be used for patients known or suspected to be infected with novel respiratory pathogens such as, but not limited to: COVID-19




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These precautions should be used to prevent transmission of airborne infectious agents that remain infectious over long distances such as, but not limited to: Measles (Rubeola), Tuberculosis, Chickenpox (Varicella virus)


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 These precautions should be used to prevent transmission of pathogens spread through respiratory droplets or secretions such as, but not limited to: Influenza, Meningitis due to Haemophilus Influenza type B whether known or suspected, Meningococcal disease (caused by Neisseria meningitidis) including meningitis

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These precautions should be used to help prevent the spread of infectious agents that spread by direct or indirect contact with a resident or a resident’s environment such as, but not limited to: Hepatitis (Type A), scabies, skin abscesses with heavy drainage (until drainage stops), diarrhea (not C. diff), and certain multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs)

 

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These precautions should be used to help prevent transmission of particular infectious agents which are spread by direct or indirect contact with the patient or the patient's environment that also produce spores and thus require soap and water hand hygiene such as but not limited to: Clostridium difficile (C. diff), Candida auris, Norovirus, Rotavirus


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Public Health has made reasonable efforts to provide accurate translation. However, no computerized translation is perfect and is not intended to replace traditional translation methods. If questions arise concerning the accuracy of the information, please refer to the English edition of the website, which is the official version.
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