Sterile Procedures
LESSON 5: Isolation
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5-10. TRANSPORTING PATIENTS
Patients should be taken out of their isolation area only for essential purposes. Appropriate barriers [masks and impervious (water resistant) dressings] to prevent disease transmission should be provided for the entire period the patient is out of the isolation area. The area to which the patient is to be taken should be notified of his impending arrival and informed of the techniques to be applied to prevent the spread of infection. If appropriate, the patient should be alerted to the potential spread of his disease and informed as to how he can assist in maintaining a barrier against the transmission of his infection to others.
