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When should Standard Precautions be used by healthcare workers caring for patients?

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Standard precautions are meant to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens from both recognized and unrecognized sources. They are the basic level of infection control precautions which are to be used as a minimum in care of all patients.

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