Standard Precautions Are a Risk Assessment
Explain how standard precautions use task-based risk assessment for every patient.
Standard precautions start before the diagnosis. The baseline rule is simple: use standard precautions for every patient, every time, then add transmission-based precautions when a specific route needs more control. The task decides the barrier A medication pass, oral suction, wound care, injection, linen change, and catheter access do not carry the same exposure map. Ask what could touch hands, clothing, eyes, nose, mouth, broken skin, or equipment. PPE follows the exposure map. The pathway decides the control Hand hygiene blocks hand-carried movement. Eye and face protection block splashes and sprays. Gloves and gowns block contact. Cleaning breaks equipment and…
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