NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Standard Precautions are used for all patient care. They’re based on a risk assessment and make use of common sense practices and personal protective equipment use that protect healthcare providers from infection and prevent the spread of infection from patient to patient.

Detailed explanation-2: -Standard precautions apply to all patients regardless of their diagnosis or presumed infection status. Standard precautions must be used in the handling of: blood (including dried blood) all other body fluids/substances (except sweat), regardless of whether they contain visible blood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Standard Precautions guidelines are only used when treating patients diagnosed with or suspected of having an infectious disease. Standard Precautions guidelines do not include the use of hand hygiene protocols.