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1 NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INF Appendix A: Disease Specific isolation precautions chart Infection isolation Infective Control Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition precautions Duration of precautions Additional Comments Materials Report to Required CDPH. Abscess Draining, Major Glove & Gown Wound drainage Duration of illness. No Abscess Draining, Minor or Limited Standard No The patient, their body fluids and Acinetobacter baumannii their All glove boxes must be removed from patient Carbapenem-intermediate or -resistant Glove & Gown environment. Duration of hospitalization. No room following patient discharge or transfer.

2 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Standard Yes IC reports newly identified cases to CDPH. Actinomycosis Standard No Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries Adenovirus will require placement at least 6 feet from other Conjuntivitis Glove & Gown Eye secretions Duration of illness. No patients with visable barrier in place. Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries Adenovirus will require placement at least 6 feet from other Gastroenteritis Glove & Gown Feces Duration of illness. No patients with visable barrier in place. Adenovirus Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries Respiratory infection Mask, Glove & Respiratory will require placement at least 6 feet from other -Infants and Children Gown secretions Duration of illness.

3 No patients with visable barrier in place. Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica ) Standard Yes Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Anthrax Safety Management Policy # SFTY. Cutaneous or Pulmonary Standard Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan. Aspergillosis Standard No For addtional information please visit or contact the Infection Control and Prevention Department 1. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INF Appendix A: Disease Specific isolation precautions chart Infection isolation Infective Control Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition precautions Duration of precautions Additional Comments Materials Report to Required CDPH.

4 Negative airflow room required. Staff must wear goggles or face shield when within 3 feet of 14 days after onset of patient. Discard all PPE after each use. Patient symptoms, an alternate must have dedicated equipment; stethoscope, diagnosis is confirmed or blood pressure cuff, thermometer, etc. See Mask, Glove, diagnostic tests confirm Policy # INF Care of Prentice Patient Gown & Eye Respiratory patient is not infected with Requiring isolation precautions for patients Avian Influenza Protection secretions Influenza A Virus. Yes residing in PWH. Babesiosis Standard No Blastomycosis Standard Yes Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately.

5 Refer to Safety Management Policy # SFTY. Botulism Standard Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan. Brucellosis Standard Yes Patients with Cystic fibrosis (CF) colonized or infected must not be admitted to a unit where another CF patient resides. Persons with CF who visit must wear a mask when within 3 feet of a Burkholderia cepacia Standard No colonized or infected patient. Campylobacter gastroenteritis Standard Feces Yes Candidiasis (all forms including mucocutaneous) Standard No Cellulitis Uncontrolled draining Glove & Gown Duration of illness. No For addtional information please visit or contact the Infection Control and Prevention Department 2.

6 NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INF Appendix A: Disease Specific isolation precautions chart Infection isolation Infective Control Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition precautions Duration of precautions Additional Comments Materials Report to Required CDPH. Chancroid (soft chancre) Standard Yes Respiratory Negative airflow room required. Refer to secretions, Infection Control Policy # INF Care of Mask, Glove & vesicular lesion Until lesions are dry and Prentice Patient Requiring isolation precautions Chicken pox (Varicella zoster virus) Gown fluid crusted. Yes for patients in PWH. Chlamydia trachomatis infection Standard Yes Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately.

7 Refer to Safety Management Policy # SFTY. Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) Standard Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan. Until patient has formed stool or duration of Patients without associated diarrhea do not Clostridium difficile- associated disease Glove & Gown Feces hospitalization. No require Glove & Gown precautions . Consider Glove & Gown precautions if type of Conjunctivitis infection is unknown. Please notify Infection Bacterial Control & Prevention Department if >2 patients Chlamydia on the same unit are on precautions for Gonococcal Standard No conjunctivitis. Please notify Infection Control & Prevention Conjunctivitis Department if >2 patients on the same unit are Viral (Keratoconjunctivitis) Glove & Gown Eye secretions Duration of illness.

8 No on precautions for conjunctivitis. Respiratory Infants in PWH NICU or Newborn Nurseries Coxsackie Virus (an Enterovirus) secretions and will require placement at least 6 feet from other Infants and Children Glove & Gown feces Duration of illness. No patients with visable barrier in place. Potential agent of bioterrorism, contact Infection Control & Prevention Department (6-2729 or 5-9196) immediately. Refer to Safety Management Policy # SFTY. Coxiella burnetti (Q fever) Standard Yes BioTerrorism Response Plan. For addtional information please visit or contact the Infection Control and Prevention Department 3.

9 NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INF Appendix A: Disease Specific isolation precautions chart Infection isolation Infective Control Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition precautions Duration of precautions Additional Comments Materials Report to Required CDPH. High infectivity tissues; brain, spinal cord and eyes. Low infectivity tissues; CSF, kidneys, liver, Please refer to Surgical Services Policy # lungs, lymph SS Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD)/Prions: nodes, spleen, Operating Room Guidelines Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Standard and placenta. Croup is caused by a diverse group of organisms, See Additional Respiratory please refer to causative agent for specific Croup Comments secretions No isolation precautions .

10 Cryptococcosis Standard No Cryptosporidiosis Standard Yes Cyclosporiasis Standard Yes Cytomegalovirus infection Standard No Decubitus ulcer Infected, major Glove & Gown Wound drainage While drainage is present. No Decubitus ulcer Infected, minor Standard No Dengue Fever Standard No For addtional information please visit or contact the Infection Control and Prevention Department 4. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INF Appendix A: Disease Specific isolation precautions chart Infection isolation Infective Control Causitive Agent/Disease/Condition precautions Duration of precautions Additional Comments Materials Report to Required CDPH.