Question

Standard precautions apply to

1. blood
2. all body fluids, secretions, and excretions
3. intact and nonintact skin and
4. mucous membranes.

Answer 1

Standard precautions apply to blood, intact and non intact skin, mucous membranes and all body fluids, secretions and excretions except sweat regardless of whether they do or don't contain blood.

Step-by-step explanation:

Standard precautions are the set of rules which are basically meant for controlling the infection used to prevent the spread of disease that can be acquired through or when in contact with person with blood, body fluids, non intact skin( including rashes) and mucous membranes.

• Hand Hygiene
• Use of personal protective equipment( gloves,masks & eyewear)
• Respiratory Hygiene/ Cough etiquette
• Safety of Sharps
• Safe Injection practices
• Sterile instruments and devices
• Clean and disinfected environmental surfaces