Post Graduate Medical Institute  / Lahore General Hospital / Ameer-ud-Din Medical College,  Lahore,  Pakistan

INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL GUIDELINES guidelines

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Precaution Guidelines



Standard Precautions


Used for all patient's care regardless of their known or suspected infection status. Type of infection control practices to be considered should be based on the level of anticipated exposure to the patient.


Hand Hygiene



Standard Precautions






Transmission Based Precautions


Transmission-Based Precautions are to be used in addition to Standard Precautions for patients who may be infected or colonized with certain infectious agents for which additional precautions are needed to prevent infection transmission.More than one Transmission Based Precautions can be adopted for single patients.


Contact Precautions



To be followed in addition to Standard Precautions when infection can spread by contact for example (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA), Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE), Open wounds).



Droplet Precautions



To be followed in addition to Standard Precautions when infection can spread by Droplets for example (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Pneumonia).



Airborne precautions



To be followed in addition to Standard Precautions when infection can spread by air for example (Tuberculosis).



Blood Borne Diseases





Source: World Health Organization (WHO), NHS, Manual of IPC by Nizam Damani