TABLE 2.

Standard precautions for all CF patients in all health care settings^a

Practice and barrier precaution	Patient care activity
Hand hygiene	Before and after all patient contacts
	After touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and contaminated items
	Immediately after removing gloves
Gloves	For touching blood, body fluids, secretions, and excretions
	For touching mucous membranes and nonintact skin
	For touching contaminated equipment or patient care items
Gown, mask, eye protection, and face shield	During procedures and patient care activities likely to generate splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions

^aData are from reference 70.