The patient in this room is on additional precautions because they may have an infection or be carrying a germ that others can get.
Droplet & Contact Precautions are in place when the germ is spread in large droplets in coughing, sneezing or certain medical procedures.
What do Visitors need to know before entering the room?
Step 1: Perform hand hygiene
Step 2: Put on gown
Step 3: Put on mask and eye protection
Step 4: Put on gloves
What do Visitors need to know before exiting the room?
Step 1: remove gloves
Step 2: remove gown
Step 3: perform hand hygiene
Step 4. remove eye protection
Step 5. Remove
What do patients need to know?
Clean your hands with soap and water, or with hand sanitizer for at least 15 seconds, each time you enter or leave your room.
Wear clean clothing when leaving your room.
Wear a mask when leaving your room.
Droplet/Contact precaution overview
The germ is spread both by items you have touched and by large droplets from coughing and sneezing.