Airborne Precautions

Introduction:

Airborne Precautions refer to infection prevention and control interventions to be used in addition to Routine Practices to prevent transmission of airborne particles that remain suspended in the air, travel on air currents and are then inhaled by others who are nearby or who may be some distance away from the source patient, in a different room or ward (depending on air currents) or in the same room that a patient has left, if there have been insufficient air exchanges. Common microorganisms transmitted by the airborne route are Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), varicella virus (chickenpox virus) and measles virus.