TEC ISOLATION

Clean

• Does NOT contain disease producing organism
• DOES contain disease producing organism

Caused by a pathological organism easily transmitted to others

• pandemic
• epidemic
• communicable disease

Communicable disease spreads rapidly, affects large number of people at the same time

• epidemic
• pandemic

Method of caring for a person with a communicable disease

• transmission based isolation
• sterile
• clean

Outbreak of disease occurs over a wide geographical area, high proportion of population

• epidemic
• pandemic

Used for pt. known or suspected to be infected with pathogens tramsmitted by airborne droplet nuclei

• contact precautions
• airborne precautions
• droplet isolation

Examples of airborne droplet nuclei (small particles)

• chicken pox
• TB (tuberculosis)
• measles
• all of the above

Examples of diseases transmitted by large particle droplets during coughing or sneezing

• influenza
• meingitis 
• pnuemonia
• all of the above

Masks should be worn within____feet of a droplet isolation person

• 3
• 6
• 10

Contact precautions must be used for those with microorganisms that cause disease ( by direct or indirect contact)

• true
• false