Which infections commonly require airborne precautions?

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Which infections commonly require airborne precautions?

Airborne transmission involves tiny particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel on air currents, so precautions focus on preventing inhalation of those particles. Because these agents can linger and spread beyond close contact, they require a private room with negative pressure and staff wear an N95 respirator when entering. Tuberculosis, measles, and varicella are classic infections that commonly require airborne precautions, which is why this set is correct. MRSA and C. difficile spread mainly by contact, or via contaminated surfaces, not through small airborne particles. Influenza and the common cold spread primarily by larger respiratory droplets and surface contact, not by the tiny aerosols that airborne precautions target.

Airborne transmission involves tiny particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel on air currents, so precautions focus on preventing inhalation of those particles. Because these agents can linger and spread beyond close contact, they require a private room with negative pressure and staff wear an N95 respirator when entering.

Tuberculosis, measles, and varicella are classic infections that commonly require airborne precautions, which is why this set is correct. MRSA and C. difficile spread mainly by contact, or via contaminated surfaces, not through small airborne particles. Influenza and the common cold spread primarily by larger respiratory droplets and surface contact, not by the tiny aerosols that airborne precautions target.

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