Isolation Precautions

Question 1

For what diseases do we use airborne precautions

My Chicken Hez TB

Answer 1

My (measles)
Chicken (chicken pox/varicella)
Hez (disseminated herpes zoster, shingles)
TB (TB)

Question 2

For what diseases do we use droplet precautions

S(3)p(3)iderm(3)an

Answer 2

Think SPIDERMAN

S:sepsis
S:scarlet fever
S: streptococcal pharyngitis
P:Parvovirus B19
P:Pneumonia
P:Pertussis
I:Influenza Type B
D: Diptheria (pharyngeal)
E: Epiglottitis
R: Rubella
M:mumps
M:Mengitis
M:Mycoplasm or meningeal pneumonia
An: Adenovirus

Question 3

For what diseases do we use contact precautions

Answer 3

MRS.WEE
M:multi drug resistant organism
R: Respiratory infection (RSV)
S: Skin infections (varicella zoster, cutaneous diptheria, herpes simplex, impetigo, pediculosis, scabies)
W:wound infection
E: Enteric infection (C Diff)
E: eye infection (pink eye)