KNOW KNOW KNOW!

TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS:

AIRBORNE

My - Measles Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella Hez - Herpez Zoster/Shingles TB

or remember... MTV=Airborne Measles TB Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles

Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr Mask, N95 for TB

DROPLET

think of SPIDERMAN! S - sepsis S - scarlet fever S - streptococcal pharyngitis P - parvovirus B19

P - pneumonia P - pertussis I - influenza D - diptheria (pharyngeal) E - epiglottitis

R - rubella M - mumps M - meningitis M - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia An - Adenovirus

Private Room or cohort Mask

CONTACT PRECAUTION

MRS.WEE M - multidrug resistant organism R - respiratory infection S - skin infections * W - wound infxn E - enteric infxn - clostridium difficile E - eye infxn - conjunctivitis

SKIN INFECTIONS VCHIPS V - varicella zoster C - cutaneous diphtheria

H - herpez simplex

I - impetigo P - pediculosis