Editing Universal precautions (section)

== Additional precautions ==
{{Main|Transmission-based precautions}}
Additional precautions are used in addition to universal precautions for patients who are known or suspected to have an infection that requires extra measures, depending on the suspected route of transmission.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Glynda Rees|last2=McCutcheon|first2=Jodie Anita|date=2015-11-23|title=Appendix 1: Glossary|url=https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/back-matter/appendix/|language=en}}</ref> Additional precautions are not needed for blood-borne infections unless there are complicating factors or to avoid leukocyte-related complications of blood transfusion.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cleemput |first=Irina |last2=Leys |first2=Mark |last3=Ramaekers |first3=Dirk |last4=Bonneux |first4=Luc |date=October 2006 |title=Balancing evidence and public opinion in health technology assessments: The case of leukoreduction |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0266462306051312/type/journal_article |journal=International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care |language=en |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=403–407 |doi=10.1017/S0266462306051312 |issn=0266-4623}}</ref>

Conditions demanding additional precautions are [[prion]] diseases (e.g., [[Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease]]), diseases with air-borne transmission (e.g., [[tuberculosis]]), diseases with droplet transmission (e.g., [[mumps]], [[rubella]], [[influenza]], [[pertussis]]) and transmission by direct or indirect contact with dried skin (e.g., colonisation with [[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus|MRSA]]) or contaminated surfaces or any combination of the above.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Doyle |first=Glynda Rees |last2=McCutcheon |first2=Jodie Anita |date=2015-11-23 |title=1.4 Additional Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) |url=https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/chapter/1-8-masks/ |language=en}}</ref>