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