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    Contact Precautions

    by Cathy Parkes September 03, 2019

    Contact Precautions

    Contact precautions require caregivers and visitors to wear a gown and gloves when going into the patient's room.

    Infections that require contact precautions: impetigo, scabies, MRSA, VRE, CDIFF, RSV, wound infections.

    Cathy Parkes
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