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! Disease or syndrome !! Type of precautions !! Duration !! Notes |
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|[[Abscess]] (with significant drainage) |
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|various |
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| 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) |
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|various |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Amoebiasis]] |
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|[[Entamoeba histolytica]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Actinomycosis]] |
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|[[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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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Anthrax]] |
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|[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Anthrax]] (cutaneous) |
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|[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Contact precautions if significant drainage |
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|[[Anthrax]] (pulmonary) |
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|[[Bacillus anthracis]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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| Contact precautions if significant drainage |
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| rowspan="7" |Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis |
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| [[Anthrax]] (pulmonary) |
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|[[Eastern equine encephalitis]] |
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| 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 encephalitis (e.g. ([[eastern equine encephlitis]], [[western equine encephalitis]], [[Venezuelan equine encephalitis]], [[ St. Louis encephalitis]], [[California encephalitis]], [[West Nile virus]]) |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Venezuelan 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" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[ St. Louis encephalitis]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[California encephalitis]] |
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| [[Ascariasis]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[West Nile virus]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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| Can consider contact or airborne if large draining infection requiring repeat irrigations |
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|not otherwise specified |
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| [[Babesiosis]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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| 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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| [[Blastomycosis]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Dengue virus]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Yellow fever virus]] |
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| [[Botulism]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Colorado tick fever virus]] |
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| [[Botulism]] (food poisoning) || Routine || || |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|not otherwise specified |
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| [[Bronchiolitis]] || Contact || Duration of illness || |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Ascariasis]] |
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| [[Brucellosis]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Ascaris lumbricoides]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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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]] |
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| [[Campylobacter species]] (gastroenteritis) |
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|[[Babesia microti]] |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Blastomycosis]] |
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| [[Candidiasis]] || Routine || || |
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|[[Blastomyces dermatitidis]] |
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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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| [[Cat-scratch fever]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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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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| [[Cellulitis]] || Routine || || |
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|[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Bronchiolitis]] |
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| [[Chancroid]] || Routine || || Sexually transmitted |
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|various |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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|Duration of illness |
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|[[Brucellosis]] |
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| [[Chickenpox]] || || || Refer to Varicella |
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|[[Brucella melitensis]] |
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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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| [[Chlamydia trachomatis]] (conjunctivitis) || Routine || || |
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|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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|Until drainage stops or is controlled |
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|[[Candidiasis]] |
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| [[Chlamydia trachomatis]] (lymphogranuloma venereum) || Routine || || |
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|[[Candida]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Cat-scratch fever]] |
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| [[Chlamydia trachomatic]] (infant pneumonia) || Routine || || |
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|[[Bartonella henselae]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Cellulitis]] |
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| [[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] || Routine || || |
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|various |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Chancroid]] |
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|[[Haemophilus ducreyi]] |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Sexually transmitted |
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|[[Chickenpox]] |
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| [[Clostridium botulinum]] || Routine || || Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Varicella |
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|[[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] |
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| Contact |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Duration of illness |
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| [[Clostridium perfringens]] (food poisoning) || Routine || || |
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|[[Cholera]] |
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| [[Clostridium perfringens]] (gas gangrene) || Routine || || Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Vibrio cholerae]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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|[[Clostridium difficile]] |
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| [[Coccidioidomycosis]] |
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|[[Clostridium difficile]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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|Duration of illness |
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| Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Coccidioidomycosis]] |
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| [[Colorado tick fever]] |
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|[[Coccidioides immitis]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Congenital rubella]] |
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|[[Rubella virus]] |
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| Contact |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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| Until 1 year of age |
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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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|Routine precautions if nasopharyngeal and urine cultures are repeatedly negative after 3 months of age |
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| [[Conjunctivitis]] |
| rowspan="4" |[[Conjunctivitis]] |
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|[[Adenovirus]] |
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| Routine |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to specific syndrome (conjunctivitis) |
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|[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|bacterium, not otherwise specified |
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| [[Conjuctivitis]] (viral) |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Contact |
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| Duration of illness |
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| Highly contageous |
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| [[Coxsackie virus]] |
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| Refer to Enteroviral infection |
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|virus, not otherwise specified |
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| [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]] |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Duration of illness |
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|Highly contageous |
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|[[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]] |
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| [[Croup]] |
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|[[Prions]] |
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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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|[[Croup]] |
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| [[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever]] |
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|various |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Respiratory infections in infants and young children |
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| Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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|[[Cryptococcosis]] |
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|[[Cryptococcus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Cryptosporidiosis]] |
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|[[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]] |
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|various |
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| Routine |
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|Contact |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Cysticercosis]] |
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|[[Taenia solium]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
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|[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Dengue]] |
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|[[Dengue virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Diphtheria]] (cutaneous) |
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|[[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]] |
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| 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) |
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|[[Corynebacterium diphtheriae]] |
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| 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]] |
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|[[Echinococcus]] |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Encephalitis]] |
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|[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Encephalitis]] or [[encephalomyelitis]] |
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| [[Echovirus]] |
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|various |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Enteroviral infection |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to specific organism |
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|[[Endometritis]] |
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| [[Encephalitis]] or [[encephalomyelitis]] |
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|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to specific organism |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| [[Endometritis]] |
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| Routine |
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|[[Endometritis]] |
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| [[Enterobiasis]] (pinworm) |
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|various |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Epiglottitis]] |
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| [[Enterovirus]] (continent) |
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|[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
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|24 hours of effective therapy |
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| rowspan="4" |[[Food poisoning]] |
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| [[Enterovirus]] (diapered or incontinent) |
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|[[Clostridium botulinum]] |
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| 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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|[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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| [[Epiglottitis]] from [[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Droplet |
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| 24 hours of effective therapy |
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|[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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| [[Epstein-Barr virus]], including infectious mononucleosis |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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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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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Furunculosis]] |
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| Food poisoning (botulism, clostridial, staphylococcal) |
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|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Consider Contact precautions if uncontrolled drainage |
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| Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Furunculosis]] (infants and young children) |
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| Gangrene |
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|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
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| Routine |
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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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|various |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Gas gangrene]] |
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| [[Gastroenteritis]] (continent) |
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|[[Clostridium perfringens]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
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| [[Gastroenteritis]] |
| rowspan="15" |[[Gastroenteritis]] |
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|[[Adenovirus]] |
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| Contact |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Duration of illness |
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|[[Campylobacter]] |
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| [[Gastroenteritis]] ([[norovirus]]) |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Contact |
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| 48 hours after resolution of symptoms |
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|[[Coxsackievirus]] |
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| [[Gastroenteritis]] ([[rotavirus]]) |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Enterovirus |
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| Contact |
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| Duration of illness |
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|[[Echovirus]] |
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| [[Giardia lamblia]] (gastroenteritis) |
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| colspan=3 | |
| colspan="3" |Refer to Enterovirus |
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|[[Enterovirus]] (adult) |
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| Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum |
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| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Enterovirus]] (paediatric) |
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| [[Gonorrhea]] |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Duration of illness |
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|[[Escherichia coli]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Routine |
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|[[Giardia lamblia]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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|[[Norovirus]] |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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|48 hours after resolution of symptoms |
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|[[Rotavirus]] |
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| [[Guillain-Barré syndrome]] |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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| Routine |
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|Duration of illness |
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| Not an infectious disease |
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|[[Shigella]] |
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| [[Haemophilus influenzae]] |
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| colspan=3 | |
| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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|[[Vibrio cholerae]] |
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| [[Hantavirus]] pulmonary syndrome |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Routine |
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| Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|[[Vibrio parahaemolyticus]] |
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| [[Helicobacter pylori]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Routine |
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|[[Vibrio vulnificus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Routine |
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| Consider vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis |
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|[[Yersinia enterocolitica]] |
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| [[Hepatitis A virus]] (incontinent or diapered) |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| Contact |
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| <3 years: duration of hospitalization; 3-14 years: 2 weeks after onset; >14 years: 1 week after onset |
|||
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
|[[Gastroenteritis]] (continent) |
|||
| [[Hepatitis B virus]] |
|||
|not otherwise specified |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| |
| |
||
| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
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| rowspan="2" |[[Gastroenteritis]] (diapered or incontinent) |
|||
| [[Hepatitis C virus]] |
|||
|[[Enterovirus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|||
|not otherwise specified |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Gastritis]] |
||
|[[Helicobacter pylori]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum]] |
|||
| [[Hepatitis E virus]] |
|||
|[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Gonorrhea]] |
|||
| [[Hepatitis E virus (incontinent or diapered) |
|||
|[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Granuloma inguinale]] |
||
|[[Klebsiella granulomatis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Guillain-Barré syndrome]] |
|||
| [[Hookworm]] |
|||
|— |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not an infectious disease |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Hantavirus]] pulmonary syndrome |
|||
| [[Herpes simplex virus]] (encephalitis) |
|||
|[[Hantavirus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (disseminated, primary, or severe) |
||
|[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Until lesions dry and crusted |
|||
|Until lesions dry and crusted |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (mucocutaneous recurrent) |
||
|[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Herpes simplex virus|Herpes]] (neonatal) |
||
|[[Herpes simplex virus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Until lesions dry and crsted |
|||
|Until lesions dry and crsted |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Hookworm]] |
|||
| [[Herpes zoster virus]] (disseminated or immunocompromised) |
|||
|various |
|||
| Airborne + contact |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|||
| [[Herpes zoster virus]] (localized in immunocompetent) |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Histoplasmosis]] |
||
|[[Histoplasma capsulatum]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[HIV]] |
||
|[[HIV]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Sexually transmitted |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Impetigo]] |
|||
| [[Human metapneumovirus]] |
|||
|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Infectious mononucleosis]] and other syndromes |
|||
| [[Impetigo]] |
|||
|[[Epstein-Barr virus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Infectious mononucleosis]] |
||
|[[Cytomegalovirus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Influenza]] (seasonal) |
||
|[[Influenza virus]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| 7 days after onset or 24 hours asymptomatic (whichever longer) |
|||
|7 days after onset or 24 hours asymptomatic (whichever longer) |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Influenza]] (avian) |
||
|[[Influenza virus]] |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Influenza]] (pandemic) |
||
|[[Influenza virus]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|Invasive Group A streptococcal disease |
|||
| [[Kawasaki syndrome]] |
|||
|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not infectious |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Kawasaki syndrome]] |
||
|— |
|||
| colspan=3 | Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
|Not infectious |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Legionellosis]] |
||
|[[Legionella]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Leprosy]] |
||
|[[Mycobacterium leprae]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Leptospirosis]] |
||
|[[Leptospira]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lice]] (head) |
||
|[[Pediculus humanus humanus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Until 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
|Until 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lice]] (body) |
||
|[[Pediculus humanus capitis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Transmitted through clothing, so consider Contact precautions when undressing patient |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lice]] (pubic) |
||
|[[Pthirus pubis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Sexually transmitted |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Listeriosis]] |
||
|[[Listeria]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lyme disease]] |
||
|[[Borrelia burgdorferi]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis]] |
||
|[[Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Lymphogranuloma venereum]] |
||
|[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Malaria]] |
||
|[[Plasmodium]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Airborne |
|||
| 4 days after onset of rash |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Measles]] (immunocompromised) |
||
|[[Measles virus]] |
|||
| Airborne |
|||
| style="color:darkred" |Airborne |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Melioidosis]] |
||
|[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| [[Meningitis]] |
| rowspan="8" |[[Meningitis]] |
||
|Gram-negative bacterium |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Contact for infants and young children |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|fungus |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] (Gram-negative bacterial) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] (fungal) |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Routine |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[Listeria monocytogenes]] |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] ([[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b) |
|||
| Droplet |
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
||
| |
|24 hours of effective therapy |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] ([[Listeria monocytogenes]]) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Tuberculosis]] |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] ([[Neisseria meningitidis]]) |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Rule out pulmonary disease and draining adenitis |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|bacterium, not otherwise specified |
|||
| [[Meningitis]] ([[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Meningitis]] (aseptic) |
||
|various |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Monkeypox]] |
|||
| [[Molluscum contagiosum]] |
|||
|[[Monkeypox virus]] |
|||
| 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) |
|||
| Airborne + Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Airborne until smallpox ruled out; contact until lesions crusted |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Based on local guidelines |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Mumps]] |
||
|[[Mumps virus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted human-to-human |
|||
| Based on local guidelines |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Orf]] |
||
|[[Orf virus]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| 5 days after onset of swelling |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Parvovirus B19]] (immunocompromised) |
|||
| [[Mycoplasma]] (pneumonia) |
|||
|[[Parvovirus B19]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of hospitalization |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Parvovirus B19]] (transient aplastic crisis) |
|||
| [[Necrotizing enterocolitis]] |
|||
|[[Parvovirus B19]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| |
|||
|7 days |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Pertussis]] |
|||
| [[Neisseria meningitis]] (sepsis, pneumonia, or meningitis) |
|||
|[[Bordetella pertussis]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted human-to-human |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Pinworm]] |
|||
| [[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]] |
|||
|[[Enterobius vermicularis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Plague]] (bubonic) |
||
|[[Yersinia pestis]] |
|||
| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Orf]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Plague]] (pneumonic) |
|||
| [[Parainfluenza]] (respiratory in infants and young children) |
|||
|[[Yersinia pestis]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
|||
| Duration of hospitalization |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Chlamydia pneumoniae]] |
|||
| [[Parvovirus B19]] (transient aplastic crisis) |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| |
|||
| 7 days |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|fungus |
|||
| [[Pertussis]] |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| 5 days of effective therapy |
|||
| Single-patient room preferred; contacts may need post-exposure prophylaxis |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Pinworm]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Legionella]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[adenovirus]] |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet + Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Mycoplasma pneumoniae]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] (bacterial, not otherwise specified) |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Routine |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Chlamydia]]) |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Routine |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Pneumocystis jiroveci]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] (fungal) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[H. influenzae]] type b in adults) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Streptococcus pneumoniae]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[H. influenzae]] type b in infants and children) |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Droplet precautions if nosocomial outbreak |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Legionella]]) |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Routine |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|bacterium, not otherwise specified |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Neisseria meningitidis]]) |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Mycoplasma]]) |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Streptococcus pneumoniae]]) |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Droplet precautions if nosocomial outbreak |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| [[Pneumonia]] ( |
| rowspan="2" |[[Pneumonia]] (adults) |
||
|[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|virus, not otherwise specified |
|||
| [[Pneumonia]] ([[Staphylococcus aureus]]) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Pneumonia]] (children) |
||
|[[Haemophilus influenzae]] type b |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Pneumonia]] (infants) |
||
|[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Pneumonia]] (infants and children) |
||
|virus, not otherwise specified |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Poliomyelitis]] |
||
|[[Poliovirus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Pressure ulcer]] |
||
|various |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Contact precautions if draining |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Prion disease]] |
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|[[Prions]] |
|||
| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
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| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Psittacosis]] |
||
|[[Chlamydia psittaci]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Q fever]] |
||
|[[Coxiella burnetii]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
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| |
| |
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|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rabies]] |
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|[[Rabies virus]] |
|||
| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Very rare person-to-person transmission |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rat-bite fever]] |
||
|[[Streptobacillus moniliformis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rat-bite fever]] |
||
|[[Spirillum minus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Contact |
|||
| |
|||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|||
| Respiratory infections (adults, not otherwise specified) |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[Relapsing fever]] |
|||
|various |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|Respiratory infection |
||
|[[Human metapneumovirus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|Respiratory infections (adults) |
||
|not otherwise specified |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|Respiratory infection (infants and young children) |
||
|[[Parainfluenza virus]] |
|||
| 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 |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not an infectious disease |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|Respiratory infection (infants, young children, and immunocompromised) |
|||
| [[Rheumatic fever]] |
|||
|[[Respiratory syncytial virus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Duration of illness |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rickettsioses]] |
||
|[[Rickettsia]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted human-to-human |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rickettsialpox]] (vesicular) |
||
|[[Rickettsia akari]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Ringworm]] |
||
|various |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]] |
||
|[[Rickettsia rickettsii]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Roseola infantum]] |
||
|[[Roseolavirus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| 7 days after rash onset |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Salmonellosis]] |
||
|[[Salmonella]] |
|||
| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
|||
| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Scabies]] |
||
|[[Sarcoptes scabiei]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[SARS coronavirus]] |
|||
| Airborne + droplet + contact |
|||
| 10 days after symptoms resolve |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[SARS coronavirus]] |
||
|[[SARS-CoV]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Droplet + Contact |
|||
|10 days after symptoms resolve |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|||
|[[Scalded skin syndrome]] |
|||
|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Airborne + contact |
|||
| Until all scabs have crusted and separated |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Schistosomiasis]] |
||
|[[Schistosoma]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Sepsis]] |
|||
| [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (food poisoning) |
|||
|[[Neisseria meningitidis]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Until no longer draining |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (pneumonia) |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Smallpox]] |
|||
| [[Staphylococcus aureus]] (scalded skin syndrome) |
|||
|[[Smallpox virus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
|||
| Duration of illness |
|||
|Until all scabs have crusted and separated |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Soft tissue infection]] (major) |
|||
| [[Staphylcoccus aureus]] (major soft tissue, wound, or burn) |
|||
|[[Staphylococcus aureus]] |
|||
| Contact |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| Until drainage stops or is controlled |
|||
|Until drainage stops or is controlled |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Soft tissue infection]] (severe) |
|||
| [[Staphylococcus aureus]] ([[toxic shock syndrome]]) |
|||
|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
|||
| |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy and drainage contained |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Soft tissue infection]] (mild) |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (severe soft tissue) |
|||
|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
|||
| Contact + droplet |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy and drainage contained |
|||
| |
| |
||
|If drainage controlled |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Sporotrichosis]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (minor soft tissue) |
|||
|[[Sporothrix schenckii]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
| If drainage controlled |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Strongyloidiasis]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (endometritis) |
|||
|[[Strongyloides stercoralis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Syphilis]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (pharyngitis in infants and young children) |
|||
|[[Treponema pallidum pallidum]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Congenital syphilis|Syphilis (congenital)]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (pneumonia) |
|||
|[[Treponema pallidum pallidum]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
| 24 hours of appropriate therapy |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| rowspan="3" |[[Tapeworm]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (scarlet fever) |
|||
|[[Hymenolepis nana]] |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| 24 hours of appropriate therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Taenia solium]] |
|||
| [[Streptococcus pyogenes]] (invasive disease) |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| Droplet |
|||
| |
|||
| 24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|not otherwise specified |
|||
| [[Group B Streptococcus]] (neonatal) |
|||
| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Tetanus]] |
||
|[[Botulinum tetani]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Streptococcus pyogenes]] |
|||
| [[Tapeworm]] ([[Hymenolepis nana]]) |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet |
|||
| Routine |
|||
|24 hours of effective therapy |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Toxoplasmosis]] |
|||
| [[Tapeworm]] ([[Taenia solium]]) |
|||
|[[Toxoplasma gondii]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Generally not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Trachoma]] |
||
|[[Chlamydia trachomatis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Trench mouth]] |
||
|various |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Tinea]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Rarely transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Trichinosis]] |
||
|[[Trichinella spiralis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Generally not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Trichomoniasis]] |
|||
| [[Toxic shock syndrome]] (staphylococcal) |
|||
|[[Trichomonas vaginalis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Tuberculosis]] (draining lesion) |
|||
| [[Toxic shock syndrome]] (streptococcal) |
|||
|[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkred" |Airborne |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Tuberculosis]] (latent) |
|||
| [[Trench mouth]] |
|||
|[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Tularemia]] (draining lesion) |
|||
| [[Trichinosis]] |
|||
|[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[Tularemia]] (pulmonary) |
|||
|[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]] |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Typhoid fever]] |
||
|[[Salmonella enterica]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| colspan="3" |Refer to Gastroenteritis |
|||
|- |
|||
|[[Typhus]] (epidemic/louse-borne) |
|||
|[[Rickettsia prowazekii]] |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Typhus]] (murine/flea-borne) |
||
|[[Rickettsia typhi]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
|||
| |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Tuberculosis]] (draining lesion) |
|||
| Airborn + contact |
|||
| Until clinically improving and 3 negative cultures |
|||
| Rule out pulmonary disease |
|||
|- |
|||
| [[Tuberculosis]] (meningitis) |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
|Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
| Rule out pulmonary disease and draining lesions |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Urinary tract infection]] including [[pyelonephritis]] |
|||
| [[Tuberculosis]] (pulmonary or laryngeal) |
|||
|various |
|||
| Airborne |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Vaccinia]] (vaccination site care) |
|||
| [[Tuberculosis]] (latent) |
|||
|[[Vaccinia virus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
|Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| |
|[[Vaccinia]] (generalized vaccinia) |
||
|[[Vaccinia virus]] |
|||
| 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]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
|||
| |
| |
||
| |
| |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Vaccinia]] ([[blepharitis]] or [[conjunctivitis]]) |
|||
| [[Typhus]] (murine/flea-borne) |
|||
|[[Vaccinia virus]] |
|||
| Routine |
|||
| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
|||
|Until drainage stops |
|||
| |
| |
||
| Not transmitted person-to-person |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
|[[Vaccinia]] ([[iritis]] or [[keratitis]]) |
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| [[Urinary tract infection]] including [[pyelonephritis]] |
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|[[Vaccinia virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Vaccinia]] ([[erythema multiforme]] or [[SJS]]) |
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|[[Vaccinia virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not infectious |
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| Vaccinate healthcare workers |
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|[[Varicella]] |
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| [[Vaccinia]] (eczema vaccinatum) |
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|[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
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| Contact |
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| style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
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| Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
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|Until lesions dry and crusted |
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|[[Varicella-zoster]] (pneumonia in immunocompromised) |
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| [[Vaccinia]] (fetal vaccinia) |
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|[[Varicella-zoster virus]] |
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| Contact |
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| style="color:darkred" |Airborne + Contact |
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| Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
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|[[Vincent angina]] |
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| [[Vaccinia]] (generalized vaccinia) |
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|various |
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| Contact |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
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| rowspan="5" |[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] |
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|[[Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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|[[Ebola virus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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|[[Lassa fever virus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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|[[Marburg virus]] |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to Viral hemorrhagic fever |
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|various |
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| [[Vaccinia]] (progressive vaccinia) |
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| Contact |
| style="color:goldenrod" |Droplet + Contact |
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|Duration of illness |
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| Until lesions are dry and crusted, and scabs separated |
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| rowspan="3" |[[Viral hepatitis]] |
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| [[Vaccinia]] (postvaccinia encephalitis) |
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|[[Hepatitis B virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|[[Hepatitis C virus]] |
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| [[Vaccinia]] ([[blepharitis]] or [[conjunctivitis]]) |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Contact |
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| Until drainage stops |
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|[[Hepatitis D virus]] |
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| [[Vaccinia]] ([[iritis]] or [[keratitis]]) |
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| Routine |
| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| rowspan="2" |[[Viral hepatitis]] (continent) |
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| [[Vaccinia]] ([[erythema multiforme]] or [[SJS]]) |
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|[[Hepatitis A virus]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Not infectious |
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|Consider vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis |
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|[[Hepatitis E virus]] |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Airborne + contact |
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| Until lesions dry and crusted |
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| rowspan="2" |[[Viral hepatitis]] (diapered or incontinent) |
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| [[Varicella zoster]] (pneumonia in immunocompromised) |
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|[[Hepatitis A virus]] |
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| Airborne + contact |
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| style="color:goldenrod" |Contact |
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| Duration of illness |
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|<3 years: duration of hospitalization; 3-14 years: 2 weeks after onset; >14 years: 1 week after onset |
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|[[Hepatitis E virus]] |
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| [[Vibrio cholerae]] (gastroenteritis) |
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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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|[[Viral hepatitis]] |
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| [[Vibrio parahaemolyticus]] (gastroenteritis) |
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|[[Hepatitis G virus]] |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| [[Vibrio vulnificans]] (gastroenteritis) |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| [[Vincent angina]] |
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| Routine |
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|[[Whipworm]] |
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| [[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] |
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|[[Trichuris trichiura]] |
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| Droplet + Contact |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Duration of illness |
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|[[Zygomycosis]] |
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| [[Yersinia enterocolitica]] (gastroenteritis) |
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| colspan=3 | Refer to Gastroenteritis |
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| [[Yersinia pestis]] (bubonic plague) |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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|Not transmitted person-to-person |
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|various |
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| [[Yersinia pestis]] (pneumonic plague) |
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|[[Haemophilus influenzae]] |
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| Droplet |
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| colspan="3" |Refer to disease-specific recommendations |
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| 48 hours of effective therapy |
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| Consider prophylaxis in healthcare workers |
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|various |
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| [[Zygomycosis]] |
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|[[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]] |
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| Routine |
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| style="color:darkgreen" |Routine |
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| Not transmitted person-to-person |
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==Further Reading== |
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* [https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/isolation/appendix/type-duration-precautions.html CDC infection control guidelines] |
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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 23:27, 9 August 2024
Disease | Organisms | Type of precautions | Duration | Notes |
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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 |