Home › DHA Nursing Licensing Exam › Safety and Infection Control › Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions › To which patients do Standard Precautions apply?
To which patients do Standard Precautions apply?
AEvery patient, whatever the suspected infection status
BOnly patients with a confirmed bloodborne infection
COnly patients placed in a single-patient room
DOnly patients awaiting laboratory culture results
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Every patient, whatever the suspected infection status
1. Standard Precautions are a group of infection prevention practices applied to all patients in any setting where healthcare is delivered.
2. They do not wait for a suspected or confirmed infection, because an infectious agent is often identified only after care has been given.
3. A confirmed bloodborne infection, a single room or a pending culture narrows the group of patients, so none of those can be the trigger.
4. Applying them to everyone is what makes them standard.
_Source: CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007), Part III, section III.A. Standard Precautions_
Related questions
Droplet Precautions cover group A streptococcus for what period of treatment?What does a Category IC rating mean for an infection control recommendation?Which effects on patients must be counteracted while Transmission-Based Precautions are inNo single-patient room is free for a patient who needs Contact Precautions. What is recommWhich finding on its own suggests that a patient needs Contact Precautions?Which practice was added to Standard Precautions mainly to protect patients rather than peWhich protective equipment is needed for intubation under Standard Precautions?What determines which protective equipment is used during a given patient interaction?