Question

Standard precautions are used when

Answer 1

Standard precautions apply to all patients regardless of their diagnosis or presumed infection status. Standard precautions must be used in the handling of: blood (including dried blood) all other body fluids/substances (except sweat), regardless of whether they contain visible blood

Answer 2

They are used in all and every instance within an institution. It doesn’t matter if a patient is contagious or non contagious they have to be put into use.