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Isolation precautions, looked up.
Search any organism, virus, or condition — get the CDC-recommended precaution type, PPE, room placement, and duration. Pulls from the CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions and current category-A/B/C recommendations.
Standard
Contact
Droplet
Airborne
Enhanced/Special
Neutropenic (protective)
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Defer to your facility's infection prevention team. Some institutions apply enhanced precautions (e.g., contact + airborne for novel pathogens, or extended duration for specific patient populations) beyond CDC minimums. This tool reflects CDC baseline guidance — your hospital's policy may be stricter.
Sources
- CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007, with subsequent updates). Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. — The authoritative US baseline.
- CDC Appendix A: Type and Duration of Precautions Recommended for Selected Infections and Conditions — the per-pathogen lookup behind this tool.
- SHEA / IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines: organism-specific updates for C. difficile, MRSA, VRE, and CRE.
- APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, current edition.
- CDC Pediatric Modifications: standard precautions plus organism-specific additions for diapered/incontinent patients.
This tool is educational only and reflects baseline CDC guidance. Always follow your facility's infection prevention policy.