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Which set names the three categories of Transmission-Based Precautions?
AContact, Droplet and Protective Precautions
BContact, Airborne and Universal Precautions
CContact, Droplet and Airborne Precautions
DDroplet, Airborne and Reverse Precautions
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Contact, Droplet and Airborne Precautions
1. Transmission-Based Precautions come in exactly three categories: Contact, Droplet and Airborne.
2. Universal Precautions is an older scheme whose features were folded into Standard Precautions, so it is not a category here.
3. A Protective Environment protects a severely immunocompromised patient from the surroundings, which is the opposite purpose.
4. Reverse Precautions is not a category in this scheme.
_Source: CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007), Part III, section III.B. Transmission-Based Precautions_
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