Title: Contact Precautions
Course: COVID CURRICULUM (Export)

Contact Precautions are used when there is a risk of transmission through direct or indirect contact. Examples include Antibiotic Resistant Organisms (ARO) and C-difficile.

Contact Precautions include the use of the following:

- Routine precautions
- Gloves
- Gown
- Patient accommodation in a single room with a dedicated toilet and sink.

Here is an example of signage that might be used for Contact Precautions:

Adapted from Public Health Ontario (2012). This document was adapted with the permission of Public Health Ontario. Public Health Ontario assumes no responsibility for the content of any publication resulting from translation/changes/adaptation of PHO documents by third parties.

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