Table 1. Summary of Required Precaution Practices^a.

Precaution Type	Common Disease	Gloves Use	Gown Use	Mask Use	Eye Protection (Mask/Goggles) Use	Equipment Handling	Hand Hygiene Performance
Contact	MRSA, scabies, VRE, CRE	When entering room	For contact with patient or environment, or when entering room	NA	NA	Disinfect before removing from room, or use dedicated equipment	When entering or leaving room
Contact enteric	Clostridium difficile, norovirus	When entering room	For contact with patient or environment, or when entering room	NA	NA	Disinfect with bleach before removing from room, or use dedicated equipment	When entering room; use soap and water before exiting room
Droplet	Influenza, meningococcus, pertussis	When entering room, or if anticipating contact with secretions	For contact with patient or environment, or if anticipating contact with bodily fluids	When entering room, or within 3 ft of patient	Within 3 ft of patient, or if contact with secretions likely	Disinfect before removing from room, or use dedicated equipment	When entering and leaving room
Standard	All patients	For contact with bodily fluids	If anticipating soiling of clothing with bodily fluids	During procedures likely to generate droplets of bodily fluids	During procedures likely to generate droplets of bodily fluids	No special action	Before and after patient contact

Abbreviations: CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NA, not applicable; VRE, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.

^aThere were some differences in how certain precautions were applied across sites.