TBPs comprise specific precautions depending on the mode of spread, namely by contact, droplet or airborne (HPS, 2014). Some diseases might have multiple routes of transmission, in which case all ...

This patient was transferred to us from another Northern California hospital. Since the patient arrived with a suspected viral infection, our care teams have been taking the proper infection ...

CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee divides ATDs into those two categories, diseases requiring Airborne Precautions and diseases requiring Droplet Precautions. A ...

Human to human transmission of Mpox occurs by contact and droplet exposure via exhaled large droplets; The incubation period of Mpox is usually from six to 13 days but can range from five to 21 days; ...

Health-care workers in Ontario will now use what’s known as “droplet precautions” to protect against COVID-19, the name of the disease caused by the coronavirus.

HMPV does not spread through talking or breathing but requires precautions due to its droplet-based transmission. Currently, there are no vaccines available for HMPV, and cases have been ...