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− | ! Disease or syndrome !! Type of precautions !! Duration !! Notes |
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+ | |[[Abscess]] (with significant drainage) |
+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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− | | Until drainage controlled |
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+ | |Until drainage controlled |
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+ | |[[Abscess]] (no significant drainage) |
+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Amoebiasis]] |
+ | |[[Entamoeba histolytica]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Actinomycosis]] |
+ | |[[Actinomyces]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to specific syndrome (e.g. gastroenteritis, conjunctivitis, or pneumonia) |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Amoebiasis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Anthrax]] |
+ | |[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Anthrax]] (cutaneous) |
+ | |[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Contact precautions if significant drainage |
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+ | |[[Anthrax]] (pulmonary) |
+ | |[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | | rowspan="7" |Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis |
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− | | Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (e.g. ([[eastern equine encephlitis]], [[western equine encephalitis]], [[Venezuelan equine encephalitis]], [[ St. Louis encephalitis]], [[California encephalitis]], [[West Nile virus]]) |
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+ | |[[Eastern equine encephalitis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[western equine encephalitis]] |
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− | | Arthropod-borne viral fever (e.g. [[dengue]], [[yellow fever]], [[Colorado tick fever]]) |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Venezuelan equine encephalitis]] |
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− | | [[Ascariasis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
− | |- |
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− | | [[Aspergillosis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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− | | Can consider contact or airborne if large draining infection requiring repeat irrigations |
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+ | |[[ St. Louis encephalitis]] |
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− | | [[Babesiosis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[California encephalitis]] |
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− | | [[Blastomycosis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[West Nile virus]] |
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |not otherwise specified |
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− | | [[Botulism]] (food poisoning) |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | | rowspan="4" |Arthropod-borne viral fever |
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− | | [[Bronchiolitis]] |
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+ | |[[Dengue virus]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Yellow fever virus]] |
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
− | |- |
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− | | [[Campylobacter species]] (gastroenteritis) |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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+ | |[[Colorado tick fever virus]] |
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− | | [[Candidiasis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |not otherwise specified |
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− | | [[Cat-scratch fever]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Ascariasis]] |
+ | |[[Ascaris lumbricoides]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Aspergillosis]] |
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+ | |[[Aspergillus]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Can consider contact or airborne if large draining infection requiring repeat irrigations |
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+ | |[[Babesiosis]] |
+ | |[[Babesia microti]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Blastomycosis]] |
+ | |[[Blastomyces dermatitidis]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Varicella |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Chlamydia trachomatis]] (conjunctivitis) |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Botulism]] |
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− | | [[Chlamydia trachomatis]] (lymphogranuloma venereum) |
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+ | |[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Botulism]] (food poisoning) |
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− | | [[Chlamydia trachomatis]] (infant pneumonia) |
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+ | |[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Bronchiolitis]] |
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− | | [[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] |
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+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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+ | |Duration of illness |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Cholera]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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+ | |[[Brucellosis]] |
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− | | [[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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+ | |[[Brucella melitensis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |Burn infection |
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− | | [[Clostridium difficile]] |
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+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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+ | |Until drainage stops or is controlled |
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+ | |[[Candidiasis]] |
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− | | [[Clostridium perfringens]] (food poisoning) |
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+ | |[[Candida]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Cat-scratch fever]] |
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− | | [[Clostridium perfringens]] (gas gangrene) |
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+ | |[[Bartonella henselae]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Cellulitis]] |
+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | | |
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− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Chancroid]] |
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− | | [[Colorado tick fever]] |
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+ | |[[Haemophilus ducreyi]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Sexually transmitted |
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+ | |[[Chickenpox]] |
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Varicella |
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− | | Until 1 year of age |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine precautions if nasopharyngeal and urine cultures are repeatedly negative after 3 months of age |
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+ | |[[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] |
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− | | [[Conjunctivitis]] (bacterial) |
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+ | | |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Cholera]] |
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− | | [[Conjuctivitis]] (viral) |
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+ | |[[Vibrio cholerae]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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− | | Highly contageous |
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+ | |[[Clostridium difficile]] |
+ | |[[Clostridium difficile]] |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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+ | |Duration of illness |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Coccidioidomycosis]] |
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+ | |[[Coccidioides immitis]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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− | | Refer to Enteroviral infection |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Congenital rubella]] |
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+ | |[[Rubella virus]] |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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+ | |Until 1 year of age |
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+ | |Routine precautions if nasopharyngeal and urine cultures are repeatedly negative after 3 months of age |
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+ | |- |
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+ | | rowspan="4" |[[Conjunctivitis]] |
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+ | |[[Adenovirus]] |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to specific syndrome (conjunctivitis) |
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+ | |[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
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− | | [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |bacterium, not otherwise specified |
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− | | [[Croup]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | | Refer to Respiratory infections in infants and young children |
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+ | |virus, not otherwise specified |
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− | | [[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]] |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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+ | |Duration of illness |
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+ | |Highly contageous |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]] |
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+ | |[[Prions]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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+ | |[[Croup]] |
+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Respiratory infections in infants and young children |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Cryptococcosis]] |
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+ | |[[Cryptococcus]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Cryptosporidiosis]] |
+ | |[[Cryptosporidium]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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+ | |[[Cystic fibrosis]] |
+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Cysticercosis]] |
+ | |[[Taenia solium]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | | |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
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+ | |[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Dengue]] |
+ | |[[Dengue virus]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Diphtheria]] (cutaneous) |
+ | |[[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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− | | Until completed treatment and cultures negative |
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+ | |Until completed treatment and cultures negative |
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− | | Two cultures 24 hours apart |
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+ | |Two cultures 24 hours apart |
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+ | |[[Diphtheria]] (pharyngeal) |
+ | |[[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
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− | | Until completed treatment and cultures negative |
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+ | |Until completed treatment and cultures negative |
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− | | Two cultures 24 hours apart |
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+ | |Two cultures 24 hours apart |
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+ | |[[Echinococcosis]] |
+ | |[[Echinococcus]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Echinococcosis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | |[[Encephalitis]] |
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Enteroviral infection |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Encephalitis]] or [[encephalomyelitis]] |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to specific organism |
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− | |- |
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− | | [[Endometritis]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | |[[Encephalitis]] or [[encephalomyelitis]] |
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− | | [[Enterobiasis]] (pinworm) |
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+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to specific organism |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Endometritis]] |
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+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Endometritis]] |
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− | | [[Enterovirus]] (continent) |
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+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Epiglottitis]] |
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− | | [[Enterovirus]] (diapered or incontinent) |
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+ | |[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
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+ | | rowspan="4" |[[Food poisoning]] |
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− | | [[Epiglottitis]] from [[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
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+ | |[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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− | | [[Epstein-Barr virus]], including infectious mononucleosis |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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− | | [[Escherichia coli]] (gastroenteritis) |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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+ | | |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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− | | Food poisoning (botulism, clostridial, staphylococcal) |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
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+ | |[[Furunculosis]] |
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− | | Gangrene |
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+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |Consider Contact precautions if uncontrolled drainage |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[Furunculosis]] (infants and young children) |
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+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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+ | |Until no longer draining |
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+ | |[[Gangrene]] |
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− | | [[Gastroenteritis]] (continent) |
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+ | |various |
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− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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+ | |[[Gas gangrene]] |
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− | | [[Gastroenteritis]] (incontinent or diapered) |
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+ | |[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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+ | |Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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− | | [[Gastroenteritis]] |
+ | | rowspan="15" |[[Gastroenteritis]] |
+ | |[[Adenovirus]] |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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− | | 48 hours after resolution of symptoms |
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+ | |[[Campylobacter]] |
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− | | [[Gastroenteritis]] ([[rotavirus]]) |
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+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
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− | | Duration of illness |
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− | | |
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+ | |[[Coxsackievirus]] |
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− | | [[Giardia lamblia]] (gastroenteritis) |
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− | | colspan=3 | |
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Enterovirus |
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+ | |[[Echovirus]] |
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− | | Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Enterovirus |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Enterovirus]] (adult) |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Enterovirus]] (paediatric) |
||
− | | [[Gonorrhea]] |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Escherichia coli]] |
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
− | | |
+ | |- |
+ | |[[Giardia lamblia]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Norovirus]] |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |48 hours after resolution of symptoms |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Rotavirus]] |
||
− | | [[Guillain-Barré syndrome]] |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not an infectious disease |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Shigella]] |
||
− | | [[Haemophilus influenzae]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | |
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vibrio cholerae]] |
||
− | | [[Hantavirus]] pulmonary syndrome |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
− | | |
+ | |- |
+ | |[[Vibrio parahaemolyticus]] |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Vibrio vulnificus]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Yersinia enterocolitica]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Gastroenteritis]] (continent) |
||
− | | [[Helicobacter pylori]] |
||
+ | |not otherwise specified |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="2" |[[Gastroenteritis]] (diapered or incontinent) |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis A virus]] |
||
+ | |[[Enterovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Consider vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |not otherwise specified |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis A virus]] (incontinent or diapered) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | | <3 years: duration of hospitalization; 3-14 years: 2 weeks after onset; >14 years: 1 week after onset |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Gastritis]] |
+ | |[[Helicobacter pylori]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum]] |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis C virus]] |
||
+ | |[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Gonorrhea]] |
+ | |[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Granuloma inguinale]] |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis E virus]] (continent) |
||
+ | |[[Klebsiella granulomatis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Guillain-Barré syndrome]] |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis E virus]] (incontinent or diapered) |
||
+ | |— |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not an infectious disease |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Hantavirus]] pulmonary syndrome |
||
− | | [[Hepatitis G virus]] |
||
+ | |[[Hantavirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (disseminated, primary, or severe) |
||
− | | [[Hookworm]] |
||
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | |
||
+ | |Until lesions dry and crusted |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (mucocutaneous recurrent) |
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (neonatal) |
+ | |[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Until lesions dry and crusted |
||
+ | |Until lesions dry and crsted |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Hookworm]] |
||
− | | [[Herpes simplex virus]] (mucocutaneous recurrent) |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Histoplasmosis]] |
||
− | | [[Herpes simplex virus]] (neonatal) |
||
+ | |[[Histoplasma capsulatum]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Until lesions dry and crsted |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[HIV]] |
||
− | | [[Herpes zoster virus]] (disseminated or immunocompromised) |
||
+ | |[[HIV]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Sexually transmitted |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Impetigo]] |
||
− | | [[Herpes zoster virus]] (localized in immunocompetent) |
||
+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Infectious mononucleosis]] and other syndromes |
||
− | | [[Histoplasmosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Epstein-Barr virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[HIV]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Sexually transmitted |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Infectious mononucleosis]] |
||
− | | [[Human metapneumovirus]] |
||
+ | |[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Influenza]] (seasonal) |
||
− | | [[Impetigo]] |
||
+ | |[[Influenza virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |7 days after onset or 24 hours asymptomatic (whichever longer) |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Influenza]] (avian) |
||
− | | [[Infectious mononucleosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Influenza virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Influenza]] (seasonal) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
− | | 7 days after onset or 24 hours asymptomatic (whichever longer) |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Influenza]] (pandemic) |
+ | |[[Influenza virus]] |
||
− | | |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |Invasive Group A streptococcal disease |
||
− | | [[Influenza]] (pandemic) |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Kawasaki syndrome]] |
+ | |— |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not infectious |
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Lassa fever]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Legionellosis]] |
+ | |[[Legionella]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Leprosy]] |
+ | |[[Mycobacterium leprae]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Leptospirosis]] |
+ | |[[Leptospira]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lice]] (head) |
+ | |[[Pediculus humanus humanus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Until 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |Until 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lice]] (body) |
+ | |[[Pediculus humanus capitis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Transmitted through clothing, so consider Contact precautions when undressing patient |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lice]] (pubic) |
+ | |[[Pthirus pubis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Sexually transmitted |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Listeriosis]] |
+ | |[[Listeria]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lyme disease]] |
+ | |[[Borrelia burgdorferi]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis]] |
+ | |[[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Lymphogranuloma venereum]] |
+ | |[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Malaria]] |
+ | |[[Plasmodium]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Measles]] |
+ | |[[Measles virus]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne |
||
+ | |4 days after onset of rash |
||
+ | | |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Measles]] (immunocompromised) |
+ | |[[Measles virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne |
||
− | | 4 days after onset of rash |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Melioidosis]] |
||
− | | [[Measles]] (immunocompromised) |
||
+ | |[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="8" |[[Meningitis]] |
||
− | | [[Melioidosis]] |
||
+ | |Gram-negative bacterium |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] (aseptic) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Contact for infants and young children |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |fungus |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] (Gram-negative bacterial) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] (fungal) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | | |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Listeria monocytogenes]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] ([[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
− | | |
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] ([[Listeria monocytogenes]]) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] ([[Neisseria meningitidis]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Rule out pulmonary disease and draining adenitis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |bacterium, not otherwise specified |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] ([[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Meningitis]] (aseptic) |
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Contact for infants and young children |
||
− | | Rule out pulmonary disease and draining adenitis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Molluscum contagiosum]] |
||
− | | [[Meningitis]] (other bacteria) |
||
+ | |[[Molluscum contagiosum virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Monkeypox]] |
||
− | | [[Molluscum contagiosum]] |
||
+ | |[[Monkeypox virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne until smallpox ruled out; contact until lesions crusted |
||
+ | | |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Mucormycosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Mucorales]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) |
||
− | | [[Monkeypox]] |
||
+ | |various (e.g. MRSA, VRE, ESBL) |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne until smallpox ruled out; contact until lesions crusted |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Based on local guidelines |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Mumps]] |
+ | |[[Mumps virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
+ | |5 days after onset of swelling |
||
+ | | |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Necrotizing enterocolitis]] |
||
+ | |various |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Nocardiosis]] |
||
− | | Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) (e.g. MRSA, VRE, ESBL) |
||
+ | |[[Nocardia]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted human-to-human |
||
− | | Based on local guidelines |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Orf]] |
+ | |[[Orf virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | 5 days after onset of swelling |
||
| |
| |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Mycoplasma]] (pneumonia) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Parvovirus B19]] (immunocompromised) |
||
− | | [[Necrotizing enterocolitis]] |
||
+ | |[[Parvovirus B19]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
+ | |Duration of hospitalization |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Parvovirus B19]] (transient aplastic crisis) |
||
+ | |[[Parvovirus B19]] |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
+ | |7 days |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Pertussis]] |
||
− | | [[Neisseria meningitis]] (sepsis, pneumonia, or meningitis) |
||
+ | |[[Bordetella pertussis]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |5 days of effective therapy |
||
− | | Contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
+ | |Single-patient room preferred; contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Pharyngitis]] (infants and young children) |
||
− | | [[Nocardiosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted human-to-human |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Pinworm]] |
||
− | | [[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]] |
||
+ | |[[Enterobius vermicularis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Plague]] (bubonic) |
+ | |[[Yersinia pestis]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Orf]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Plague]] (pneumonic) |
||
− | | [[Parainfluenza]] (respiratory in infants and young children) |
||
+ | |[[Yersinia pestis]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |48 hours of effective therapy |
||
− | | Prolonged shedding in immunocompromised |
||
+ | |Consider prophylaxis in healthcare workers |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="11" |[[Pneumonia]] |
||
− | | [[Parvovirus B19]] (immunocompromised) |
||
+ | |[[Adenovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
||
− | | Duration of hospitalization |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] |
||
− | | [[Parvovirus B19]] (transient aplastic crisis) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
+ | | |
||
− | | 7 days |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |fungus |
||
− | | [[Pertussis]] |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | 5 days of effective therapy |
||
− | | Single-patient room preferred; contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Pinworm]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Legionella]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[adenovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] (bacterial, not otherwise specified) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Chlamydia]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Pneumocystis jiroveci]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] (fungal) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[H. influenzae]] type b in adults) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[H. influenzae]] type b in infants and children) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Droplet precautions if nosocomial outbreak |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Legionella]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |bacterium, not otherwise specified |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Neisseria meningitidis]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Mycoplasma]]) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
− | | |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Droplet precautions if nosocomial outbreak |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ( |
+ | | rowspan="2" |[[Pneumonia]] (adults) |
+ | |[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |virus, not otherwise specified |
||
− | | [[Pneumonia]] ([[Staphylococcus aureus]]) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Pneumonia]] (children) |
+ | |[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Pneumonia]] (infants) |
+ | |[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Pneumonia]] (infants and children) |
+ | |virus, not otherwise specified |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Poliomyelitis]] |
+ | |[[Poliovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Pressure ulcer]] |
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Contact precautions if draining |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Prion disease]] |
+ | |[[Prions]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Psittacosis]] |
+ | |[[Chlamydia psittaci]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Q fever]] |
+ | |[[Coxiella burnetii]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rabies]] |
+ | |[[Rabies virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Very rare person-to-person transmission |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rat-bite fever]] |
+ | |[[Streptobacillus moniliformis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rat-bite fever]] |
+ | |[[Spirillum minus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Relapsing fever]] |
||
− | | Respiratory infections (adults, not otherwise specified) |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |Respiratory infection |
+ | |[[Human metapneumovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |Respiratory infections (adults) |
+ | |not otherwise specified |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |Respiratory infection (infants and young children) |
+ | |[[Parainfluenza virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | | Immunocompromised patients may have prolonged shedding |
||
+ | |Prolonged shedding in immunocompromised |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |Respiratory infection (infants and children) |
||
− | | [[Reye syndrome]] |
||
+ | |not otherwise specified |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not an infectious disease |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |Respiratory infection (infants, young children, and immunocompromised) |
||
− | | [[Rheumatic fever]] |
||
+ | |[[Respiratory syncytial virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Immunocompromised patients may have prolonged shedding |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Reye syndrome]] |
||
+ | |— |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
+ | | |
||
+ | |Not an infectious disease |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Rheumatic fever]] |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rhinovirus]] |
+ | |[[Rhinovirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rickettsioses]] |
+ | |[[Rickettsia]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted human-to-human |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rickettsialpox]] (vesicular) |
+ | |[[Rickettsia akari]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Ringworm]] |
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]] |
+ | |[[Rickettsia rickettsii]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | |
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Roseola infantum]] |
+ | |[[Roseolavirus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Rubella]] |
||
− | | [[Rotavirus]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
+ | |[[Rubella virus]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis (rotavirus) |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | |- |
||
+ | |7 days after rash onset |
||
− | | [[Rubella]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
− | | 7 days after rash onset |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Salmonellosis]] |
+ | |[[Salmonella]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Scabies]] |
+ | |[[Sarcoptes scabiei]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | | |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[SARS coronavirus]] |
+ | |[[SARS-CoV]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Droplet + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Droplet + Contact |
||
− | | 10 days after symptoms resolve |
||
+ | |10 days after symptoms resolve |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Scalded skin syndrome]] |
||
− | | [[Schistosomiasis]] |
||
+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Scarlet fever]] |
||
− | | [[Shigella species]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
− | |- |
||
+ | |24 hours of appropriate therapy |
||
− | | [[Smallpox]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Contact |
||
− | | Until all scabs have crusted and separated |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Schistosomiasis]] |
+ | |[[Schistosoma]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Sepsis]] |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (food poisoning) |
||
+ | |[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |Contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Neonatal sepsis|Sepsis (neonatal)]] |
||
+ | |[[Group B streptococcus]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Shingles]] (disseminated or immunocompromised) |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (furunculosis) |
||
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Consider Contact precautions if uncontrolled drainage |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Shingles]] (localized in immunocompetent) |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (furunculosis in infants and young children) |
||
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Until no longer draining |
||
+ | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Smallpox]] |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (pneumonia) |
||
+ | |[[Smallpox virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | |Until all scabs have crusted and separated |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Soft tissue infection]] (major) |
||
+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until drainage stops or is controlled |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Soft tissue infection]] (severe) |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (scalded skin syndrome) |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy and drainage contained |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Soft tissue infection]] (mild) |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (major soft tissue, wound, or burn) |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Until drainage stops or is controlled |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |If drainage controlled |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Sporotrichosis]] |
||
− | | [[Staphylococcus aureus]] ([[toxic shock syndrome]]) |
||
+ | |[[Sporothrix schenckii]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Strongyloidiasis]] |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (severe soft tissue) |
||
+ | |[[Strongyloides stercoralis]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy and drainage contained |
||
| |
| |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (minor soft tissue) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | If drainage controlled |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Syphilis]] |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (endometritis) |
||
+ | |[[Treponema pallidum pallidum]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Congenital syphilis|Syphilis (congenital)]] |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (pharyngitis in infants and young children) |
||
+ | |[[Treponema pallidum pallidum]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="3" |[[Tapeworm]] |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (pneumonia) |
||
+ | |[[Hymenolepis nana]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | 24 hours of appropriate therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Taenia solium]] |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (scarlet fever) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
− | | 24 hours of appropriate therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (invasive disease) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |not otherwise specified |
||
− | | [[Group B Streptococcus]] (neonatal) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Tetanus]] |
+ | |[[Botulinum tetani]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Tinea]] |
||
+ | |fungus |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="2" |[[Toxic shock syndrome]] |
||
− | | [[Syphilis]] |
||
+ | |[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
||
− | | [[Tapeworm]] ([[Hymenolepis nana]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
+ | |24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Toxoplasmosis]] |
||
− | | [[Tapeworm]] ([[Taenia solium]]) |
||
+ | |[[Toxoplasma gondii]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Generally not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Trachoma]] |
+ | |[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Trench mouth]] |
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Tinea]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Trichinosis]] |
+ | |[[Trichinella spiralis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
+ | | |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Generally not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Trichomoniasis]] |
||
− | | [[Toxic shock syndrome]] (staphylococcal) |
||
+ | |[[Trichomonas vaginalis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tuberculosis]] (draining lesion) |
||
− | | [[Toxic shock syndrome]] (streptococcal) |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
− | | 24 hours of effective therapy |
||
+ | |Until clinically improving and 3 negative cultures |
||
+ | |Rule out pulmonary disease |
||
+ | |||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Tuberculosis]] (meningitis) |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Rule out pulmonary disease and draining lesions |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tuberculosis]] (pulmonary or laryngeal) |
||
− | | [[Trachoma]] |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tuberculosis]] (latent) |
||
− | | [[Trench mouth]] |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tularemia]] (draining lesion) |
||
− | | [[Trichinosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Tularemia]] (pulmonary) |
||
− | | [[Trichomoniasis]] |
||
+ | |[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Typhoid fever]] |
||
− | | [[Trichuriasis]] (whipworm) |
||
+ | |[[Salmonella enterica]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Typhus]] (epidemic/louse-borne) |
||
+ | |[[Rickettsia prowazekii]] |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Typhus]] (murine/flea-borne) |
+ | |[[Rickettsia typhi]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Until clinically improving and 3 negative cultures |
||
− | | Rule out pulmonary disease |
||
− | |||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Tuberculosis]] (meningitis) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
− | | Rule out pulmonary disease and draining lesions |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Urinary tract infection]] including [[pyelonephritis]] |
||
− | | [[Tuberculosis]] (pulmonary or laryngeal) |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (vaccination site care) |
||
− | | [[Tuberculosis]] (latent) |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Vaccinate healthcare workers |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (eczema vaccinatum) |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (fetal vaccinia) |
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (generalized vaccinia) |
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (progressive vaccinia) |
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenterisi |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
+ | | |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] (postvaccinia encephalitis) |
||
− | | [[Typhus]] (epidemic/louse-borne) |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] ([[blepharitis]] or [[conjunctivitis]]) |
||
− | | [[Typhus]] (murine/flea-borne) |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
+ | |Until drainage stops |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] ([[iritis]] or [[keratitis]]) |
||
− | | [[Urinary tract infection]] including [[pyelonephritis]] |
||
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Vaccinia]] ([[erythema multiforme]] or [[SJS]]) |
+ | |[[Vaccinia virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not infectious |
||
− | | Vaccinate healthcare workers |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Varicella]] |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] (eczema vaccinatum) |
||
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
− | | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
+ | |Until lesions dry and crusted |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster]] (pneumonia in immunocompromised) |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] (fetal vaccinia) |
||
+ | |[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
||
− | | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Vincent angina]] |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] (generalized vaccinia) |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | | |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | | rowspan="5" |[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] |
||
+ | |[[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Ebola virus]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Lassa fever virus]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
+ | |- |
||
+ | |[[Marburg virus]] |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] (progressive vaccinia) |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Contact |
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="3" |[[Viral hepatitis]] |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] (postvaccinia encephalitis) |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis B virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis C virus]] |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] ([[blepharitis]] or [[conjunctivitis]]) |
||
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
+ | | |
||
− | | Until drainage stops |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis D virus]] |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] ([[iritis]] or [[keratitis]]) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="2" |[[Viral hepatitis]] (continent) |
||
− | | [[Vaccinia]] ([[erythema multiforme]] or [[SJS]]) |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis A virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Consider vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis |
||
− | | Not infectious |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Hepatitis E virus]] |
− | | style="color: |
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
+ | | |
||
− | | Until lesions dry and crusted |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | | rowspan="2" |[[Viral hepatitis]] (diapered or incontinent) |
||
− | | [[Varicella zoster]] (pneumonia in immunocompromised) |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis A virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkred" | Airborne + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | |<3 years: duration of hospitalization; 3-14 years: 2 weeks after onset; >14 years: 1 week after onset |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Hepatitis E virus]] |
||
− | | [[Vibrio cholerae]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
+ | | style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
+ | |Duration of illness |
||
− | |- |
||
+ | | |
||
− | | [[Vibrio parahaemolyticus]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Vibrio vulnificans]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
|- |
|- |
||
− | | |
+ | |[[Viral hepatitis]] |
+ | |[[Hepatitis G virus]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Whipworm]] |
||
− | | [[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] |
||
+ | |[[Trichuris trichiura]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet + Contact |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
− | | Duration of illness |
||
+ | | |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |[[Zygomycosis]] |
||
− | | [[Yersinia enterocolitica]] (gastroenteritis) |
||
− | | colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
||
− | |- |
||
− | | [[Yersinia pestis]] (bubonic plague) |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
+ | |Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | [[Yersinia pestis]] (pneumonic plague) |
||
+ | |[[Haemophilus influenzae]] |
||
− | | style="color:goldenrod" | Droplet |
||
+ | | colspan="3" |Refer to disease-specific recommendations |
||
− | | 48 hours of effective therapy |
||
− | | Consider prophylaxis in healthcare workers |
||
|- |
|- |
||
+ | |various |
||
− | | [[Zygomycosis]] |
||
+ | |[[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]] |
||
− | | style="color:darkgreen" | Routine |
||
+ | | style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
+ | | |
||
| |
| |
||
− | | Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|} |
|} |
||
− | == |
+ | ==Further Reading== |
+ | |||
− | * [https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/isolation/appendix/type-duration-precautions.html CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings] |
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+ | *[https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/isolation/appendix/type-duration-precautions.html CDC Guidelines for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings] |
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+ | *Public Health Agency of Canada. [https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/publications/diseases-conditions/routine-practices-precautions-healthcare-associated-infections/routine-practices-precautions-healthcare-associated-infections-2016-FINAL-eng.pdf Routine Practices and Additional Precautions for Preventing the Transmission of Infection in Healthcare Settings] |
Latest revision as of 19:27, 9 August 2024
Disease | Organisms | Type of precautions | Duration | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abscess (with significant drainage) | various | Contact | Until drainage controlled | |
Abscess (no significant drainage) | various | Routine | ||
Amoebiasis | Entamoeba histolytica | Routine | Rarely transmitted person-to-person | |
Actinomycosis | Actinomyces | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Anthrax | Bacillus anthracis | Routine | ||
Anthrax (cutaneous) | Bacillus anthracis | Routine | Contact precautions if significant drainage | |
Anthrax (pulmonary) | Bacillus anthracis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis | Eastern equine encephalitis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
western equine encephalitis | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Venezuelan equine encephalitis | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
St. Louis encephalitis | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
California encephalitis | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
West Nile virus | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
not otherwise specified | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Arthropod-borne viral fever | Dengue virus | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Yellow fever virus | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Colorado tick fever virus | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
not otherwise specified | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Ascariasis | Ascaris lumbricoides | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Aspergillosis | Aspergillus | Routine | Can consider contact or airborne if large draining infection requiring repeat irrigations | |
Babesiosis | Babesia microti | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Blastomycosis | Blastomyces dermatitidis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Botulism | Clostridium botulinum | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Botulism (food poisoning) | Clostridium botulinum | Routine | ||
Bronchiolitis | various | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Brucellosis | Brucella melitensis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Burn infection | Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | Until drainage stops or is controlled | |
Candidiasis | Candida | Routine | ||
Cat-scratch fever | Bartonella henselae | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Cellulitis | various | Routine | ||
Chancroid | Haemophilus ducreyi | Routine | Sexually transmitted | |
Chickenpox | Varicella-zoster virus | Refer to Varicella | ||
Chlamydia pneumoniae | Routine | |||
Cholera | Vibrio cholerae | Refer to Gastroenteritis | ||
Clostridium difficile | Clostridium difficile | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Coccidioidomycosis | Coccidioides immitis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Congenital rubella | Rubella virus | Contact | Until 1 year of age | Routine precautions if nasopharyngeal and urine cultures are repeatedly negative after 3 months of age |
Conjunctivitis | Adenovirus | Refer to specific syndrome (conjunctivitis) | ||
Chlamydia trachomatis | Routine | |||
bacterium, not otherwise specified | Routine | |||
virus, not otherwise specified | Contact | Duration of illness | Highly contageous | |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | Prions | Routine | ||
Croup | various | Refer to Respiratory infections in infants and young children | ||
Cryptococcosis | Cryptococcus | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Cryptosporidiosis | Cryptosporidium | Refer to Gastroenteritis | ||
Cystic fibrosis | various | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Cysticercosis | Taenia solium | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Cytomegalovirus | Cytomegalovirus | Routine | ||
Dengue | Dengue virus | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Diphtheria (cutaneous) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | Contact | Until completed treatment and cultures negative | Two cultures 24 hours apart |
Diphtheria (pharyngeal) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | Droplet | Until completed treatment and cultures negative | Two cultures 24 hours apart |
Echinococcosis | Echinococcus | Routine | ||
Encephalitis | Herpes simplex virus | Routine | ||
Encephalitis or encephalomyelitis | various | Refer to specific organism | ||
Endometritis | Streptococcus pyogenes | Routine | ||
Endometritis | various | Routine | ||
Epiglottitis | Haemophilus influenzae type b | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Food poisoning | Clostridium botulinum | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Clostridium perfringens | Routine | |||
Clostridium perfringens | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Furunculosis | Staphylococcus aureus | Routine | Consider Contact precautions if uncontrolled drainage | |
Furunculosis (infants and young children) | Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | Until no longer draining | |
Gangrene | various | Routine | ||
Gas gangrene | Clostridium perfringens | Routine | Rarely transmitted person-to-person | |
Gastroenteritis | Adenovirus | Refer to Gastroenteritis | ||
Campylobacter | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Coxsackievirus | Refer to Enterovirus | |||
Echovirus | Refer to Enterovirus | |||
Enterovirus (adult) | Routine | |||
Enterovirus (paediatric) | Contact | Duration of illness | ||
Escherichia coli | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Giardia lamblia | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Norovirus | Contact | 48 hours after resolution of symptoms | ||
Rotavirus | Contact | Duration of illness | ||
Shigella | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Vibrio cholerae | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Vibrio vulnificus | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Yersinia enterocolitica | Refer to Gastroenteritis | |||
Gastroenteritis (continent) | not otherwise specified | Routine | ||
Gastroenteritis (diapered or incontinent) | Enterovirus | Contact | Duration of illness | |
not otherwise specified | Contact | Duration of illness | ||
Gastritis | Helicobacter pylori | Routine | ||
Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum | Neisseria gonorrhoeae | Routine | ||
Gonorrhea | Neisseria gonorrhoeae | Routine | ||
Granuloma inguinale | Klebsiella granulomatis | Routine | ||
Guillain-Barré syndrome | — | Routine | Not an infectious disease | |
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Hantavirus | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Herpes (disseminated, primary, or severe) | Herpes simplex virus | Contact | Until lesions dry and crusted | |
Herpes (mucocutaneous recurrent) | Herpes simplex virus | Routine | ||
Herpes (neonatal) | Herpes simplex virus | Contact | Until lesions dry and crsted | |
Hookworm | various | Routine | ||
Histoplasmosis | Histoplasma capsulatum | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
HIV | HIV | Routine | Sexually transmitted | |
Impetigo | Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Infectious mononucleosis and other syndromes | Epstein-Barr virus | Routine | ||
Infectious mononucleosis | Cytomegalovirus | Routine | ||
Influenza (seasonal) | Influenza virus | Droplet | 7 days after onset or 24 hours asymptomatic (whichever longer) | |
Influenza (avian) | Influenza virus | |||
Influenza (pandemic) | Influenza virus | Droplet | ||
Invasive Group A streptococcal disease | Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Kawasaki syndrome | — | Routine | Not infectious | |
Legionellosis | Legionella | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Leprosy | Mycobacterium leprae | Routine | ||
Leptospirosis | Leptospira | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Lice (head) | Pediculus humanus humanus | Contact | Until 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Lice (body) | Pediculus humanus capitis | Routine | Transmitted through clothing, so consider Contact precautions when undressing patient | |
Lice (pubic) | Pthirus pubis | Routine | Sexually transmitted | |
Listeriosis | Listeria | Routine | ||
Lyme disease | Borrelia burgdorferi | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis | Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Lymphogranuloma venereum | Chlamydia trachomatis | Routine | ||
Malaria | Plasmodium | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Measles | Measles virus | Airborne | 4 days after onset of rash | |
Measles (immunocompromised) | Measles virus | Airborne | Duration of illness | |
Melioidosis | Burkholderia pseudomallei | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Meningitis | Gram-negative bacterium | Routine | ||
fungus | Routine | |||
Haemophilus influenzae type b | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | ||
Listeria monocytogenes | Routine | |||
Neisseria meningitidis | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | ||
Streptococcus pneumoniae | Routine | |||
Tuberculosis | Routine | Rule out pulmonary disease and draining adenitis | ||
bacterium, not otherwise specified | Routine | |||
Meningitis (aseptic) | various | Routine | Contact for infants and young children | |
Molluscum contagiosum | Molluscum contagiosum virus | Routine | ||
Monkeypox | Monkeypox virus | Airborne + Contact | Airborne until smallpox ruled out; contact until lesions crusted | |
Mucormycosis | Mucorales | Routine | ||
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) | various (e.g. MRSA, VRE, ESBL) | Contact | Based on local guidelines | |
Mumps | Mumps virus | Droplet | 5 days after onset of swelling | |
Necrotizing enterocolitis | various | Routine | ||
Nocardiosis | Nocardia | Routine | Not transmitted human-to-human | |
Orf | Orf virus | Routine | ||
Parvovirus B19 (immunocompromised) | Parvovirus B19 | Droplet | Duration of hospitalization | |
Parvovirus B19 (transient aplastic crisis) | Parvovirus B19 | Droplet | 7 days | |
Pertussis | Bordetella pertussis | Droplet | 5 days of effective therapy | Single-patient room preferred; contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
Pharyngitis (infants and young children) | Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Pinworm | Enterobius vermicularis | Routine | ||
Plague (bubonic) | Yersinia pestis | Routine | ||
Plague (pneumonic) | Yersinia pestis | Droplet | 48 hours of effective therapy | Consider prophylaxis in healthcare workers |
Pneumonia | Adenovirus | Droplet + Contact | Duration of illness | |
Chlamydia pneumoniae | Routine | |||
fungus | Routine | |||
Legionella | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Droplet | Duration of illness | ||
Neisseria meningitidis | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | ||
Pneumocystis jiroveci | Routine | |||
Staphylococcus aureus | Routine | |||
Streptococcus pneumoniae | Routine | Droplet precautions if nosocomial outbreak | ||
Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | ||
bacterium, not otherwise specified | Routine | |||
Pneumonia (adults) | Haemophilus influenzae type b | Routine | ||
virus, not otherwise specified | Routine | |||
Pneumonia (children) | Haemophilus influenzae type b | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Pneumonia (infants) | Chlamydia trachomatis | Routine | ||
Pneumonia (infants and children) | virus, not otherwise specified | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Poliomyelitis | Poliovirus | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Pressure ulcer | various | Routine | Contact precautions if draining | |
Prion disease | Prions | Routine | ||
Psittacosis | Chlamydia psittaci | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Q fever | Coxiella burnetii | Routine | ||
Rabies | Rabies virus | Routine | Very rare person-to-person transmission | |
Rat-bite fever | Streptobacillus moniliformis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Rat-bite fever | Spirillum minus | Contact | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Relapsing fever | various | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Respiratory infection | Human metapneumovirus | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Respiratory infections (adults) | not otherwise specified | Routine | ||
Respiratory infection (infants and young children) | Parainfluenza virus | Contact | Duration of illness | Prolonged shedding in immunocompromised |
Respiratory infection (infants and children) | not otherwise specified | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Respiratory infection (infants, young children, and immunocompromised) | Respiratory syncytial virus | Contact | Duration of illness | Immunocompromised patients may have prolonged shedding |
Reye syndrome | — | Routine | Not an infectious disease | |
Rheumatic fever | Streptococcus pyogenes | Routine | ||
Rhinovirus | Rhinovirus | Droplet | Duration of illness | |
Rickettsioses | Rickettsia | Routine | Not transmitted human-to-human | |
Rickettsialpox (vesicular) | Rickettsia akari | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Ringworm | various | Routine | ||
Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Rickettsia rickettsii | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Roseola infantum | Roseolavirus | Routine | ||
Rubella | Rubella virus | Droplet | 7 days after rash onset | |
Salmonellosis | Salmonella | Refer to Gastroenteritis | ||
Scabies | Sarcoptes scabiei | Contact | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
SARS coronavirus | SARS-CoV | Airborne + Droplet + Contact | 10 days after symptoms resolve | |
Scalded skin syndrome | Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | Duration of illness | |
Scarlet fever | Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet | 24 hours of appropriate therapy | |
Schistosomiasis | Schistosoma | Routine | ||
Sepsis | Neisseria meningitidis | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | Contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
Sepsis (neonatal) | Group B streptococcus | Routine | ||
Shingles (disseminated or immunocompromised) | Varicella-zoster virus | Airborne + Contact | Duration of illness | |
Shingles (localized in immunocompetent) | Varicella-zoster virus | Routine | ||
Smallpox | Smallpox virus | Airborne + Contact | Until all scabs have crusted and separated | |
Soft tissue infection (major) | Staphylococcus aureus | Contact | Until drainage stops or is controlled | |
Soft tissue infection (severe) | Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet + Contact | 24 hours of effective therapy and drainage contained | |
Soft tissue infection (mild) | Streptococcus pyogenes | Routine | If drainage controlled | |
Sporotrichosis | Sporothrix schenckii | Routine | ||
Strongyloidiasis | Strongyloides stercoralis | Routine | ||
Syphilis | Treponema pallidum pallidum | Routine | ||
Syphilis (congenital) | Treponema pallidum pallidum | Contact | 24 hours of effective therapy | |
Tapeworm | Hymenolepis nana | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Taenia solium | Routine | |||
not otherwise specified | Routine | |||
Tetanus | Botulinum tetani | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Tinea | fungus | Routine | Rarely transmitted person-to-person | |
Toxic shock syndrome | Staphylococcus aureus | Routine | ||
Streptococcus pyogenes | Droplet | 24 hours of effective therapy | ||
Toxoplasmosis | Toxoplasma gondii | Routine | Generally not transmitted person-to-person | |
Trachoma | Chlamydia trachomatis | Routine | ||
Trench mouth | various | Routine | ||
Trichinosis | Trichinella spiralis | Routine | ||
Trichomoniasis | Trichomonas vaginalis | Routine | ||
Tuberculosis (draining lesion) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Airborne + Contact | Until clinically improving and 3 negative cultures | Rule out pulmonary disease |
Tuberculosis (meningitis) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Routine | Rule out pulmonary disease and draining lesions | |
Tuberculosis (pulmonary or laryngeal) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Airborne | ||
Tuberculosis (latent) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Routine | ||
Tularemia (draining lesion) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Tularemia (pulmonary) | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Typhoid fever | Salmonella enterica | Refer to Gastroenteritis | ||
Typhus (epidemic/louse-borne) | Rickettsia prowazekii | Routine | ||
Typhus (murine/flea-borne) | Rickettsia typhi | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | |
Urinary tract infection including pyelonephritis | various | Routine | ||
Vaccinia (vaccination site care) | Vaccinia virus | Routine | Vaccinate healthcare workers | |
Vaccinia (eczema vaccinatum) | Vaccinia virus | Contact | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated | |
Vaccinia (fetal vaccinia) | Vaccinia virus | Contact | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated | |
Vaccinia (generalized vaccinia) | Vaccinia virus | Contact | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated | |
Vaccinia (progressive vaccinia) | Vaccinia virus | Contact | Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated | |
Vaccinia (postvaccinia encephalitis) | Vaccinia virus | Routine | ||
Vaccinia (blepharitis or conjunctivitis) | Vaccinia virus | Contact | Until drainage stops | |
Vaccinia (iritis or keratitis) | Vaccinia virus | Routine | ||
Vaccinia (erythema multiforme or SJS) | Vaccinia virus | Routine | Not infectious | |
Varicella | Varicella-zoster virus | Airborne + Contact | Until lesions dry and crusted | |
Varicella-zoster (pneumonia in immunocompromised) | Varicella-zoster virus | Airborne + Contact | Duration of illness | |
Vincent angina | various | Routine | ||
Viral hemorrhagic fever | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever | ||
Ebola virus | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever | |||
Lassa fever virus | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever | |||
Marburg virus | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever | |||
various | Droplet + Contact | Duration of illness | ||
Viral hepatitis | Hepatitis B virus | Routine | ||
Hepatitis C virus | Routine | |||
Hepatitis D virus | Routine | |||
Viral hepatitis (continent) | Hepatitis A virus | Routine | Consider vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis | |
Hepatitis E virus | Routine | |||
Viral hepatitis (diapered or incontinent) | Hepatitis A virus | Contact | <3 years: duration of hospitalization; 3-14 years: 2 weeks after onset; >14 years: 1 week after onset | |
Hepatitis E virus | Contact | Duration of illness | ||
Viral hepatitis | Hepatitis G virus | Routine | ||
Whipworm | Trichuris trichiura | Routine | ||
Zygomycosis | Routine | Not transmitted person-to-person | ||
various | Haemophilus influenzae | Refer to disease-specific recommendations | ||
various | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria | Routine |