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Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Droplet/Contact if respiratory

• Contact if diarrhea or conjunctivitis

Duration

• Maintain precautions for duration of illness

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Droplet/Contact

Comment

• CF patients should not be in the same room

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Contact

Duration

• Maintain precautions for duration of admission as directed by IPAC

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Precautions

• Vesicular rash:
  • Airborne and Contact

Duration

• Maintain precautions until all lesions have crusted and dried (minimum 5 days from onset of rash)

Comments

• Caregivers should be immune to chickenpox

• Susceptible high-risk contacts should receive VZIG as soon as possible, within 96 hours of exposure

• Varicella vaccine should be given to susceptible contacts within 5 days of exposure (if there are no contraindications to vaccine according to NACI)

Population

• Seronegative or unimmunized or neonates born to mothers with varicella onset <5 days before delivery

Precautions

• Airborne

• Neonates: Airborne and contact

Duration

• Maintain precautions from 8 days after first exposure until 21 days after last exposure (28 days if given VZIG)

Precautions

• Contact

Duration

• Maintain precautions as directed by IPAC

Precautions

• Droplet/Contact plus Airborne

Duration

• Maintain for duration of illness if confirmed

Precautions

• Routine Practices

Comment

• Requires direct personal contact for transmission