Clinical Notebook| Volume 37, ISSUE 4, P367-373, July 2011

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The Use and Need for Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions in the Emergency Department

Published:April 25, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2010.11.017
The Use and Need for Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions in the Emergency Department
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      Protecting ourselves, colleagues, and patients from infection is paramount to delivering safe care. Implementing policies and practices in the emergency department that support current infection control methods to reduce or prevent the transmission of infecting agents is our professional responsibility. This article seeks to provide a review of standard precautions and transmission-based precautions along with a few common examples of patient presentations to the emergency department.
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      Biography

      Andrew D. Harding, Mayflower Chapter, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA.

      Biography

      Laurel J. Almquist, Independent Consultant, Brockton, MA.

      Biography

      Shabnam Hashemi, Infection Control Coordinator, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA.

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      Published online: April 25, 2011

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      ☆Section Editors: Reneé S. Holleran, APRN, PhD, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, FAEN, FNP-BC, and Andrew D. Harding, RN, MS, CEN, NEA-BC, FAHA

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