Editing Universal precautions (section)

== Use ==
Universal precautions were designed for doctors, nurses, patients, and healthcare workers who came into contact with patients and their bodily fluids.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Broussard |first=Ian M. |title=Universal Precautions |date=2022 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470223/ |work=StatPearls |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=29262198 |access-date=2023-02-12 |last2=Kahwaji |first2=Chadi I.}}</ref> This included staff and others who might not come into direct contact with patients.<ref name=":0" />

Universal precautions were typically practiced in any environment where workers were exposed to bodily fluids, such as [[blood]], [[semen]], [[vaginal secretion]]s, [[synovial fluid]], [[amniotic fluid]], [[cerebrospinal fluid]], [[pleural fluid]], [[peritoneal fluid]], [[pericardial fluid]], [[feces]] and [[urine]].<ref name=":0" />

Bodily fluids which did not require such precautions included [[nasal secretion]]s, [[vomitus]], [[perspiration]], [[sputum]] and [[saliva]].<ref >CDC. Update: universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1988;37(24):377-82, 87–8.</ref><ref >Lynch P, Jackson MM, Cummings MJ, Stamm WE. Rethinking the role of isolation practices in the prevention of nosocomial infections. Ann Intern Med 1987;107(2):243-6.</ref><ref >Garner JS. Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1996;17(1):53–80.(s).</ref>