Standard vs transmission-based isolation precautions. Nursing NCLEX mnemonics for contact, droplet, and airborne types used in healthcare infection control.
Isolation precautions can be categorized into standard universal precautions which are the basic steps taken in all patients to prevent the spread of infection, and transmission-based precautions which include contact, droplet, and airborne types.
Learn these easy mnemonics to remember the PPE and diseases that go with each type of precaution!
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