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î Hand hygiene after contact with respiratory secretions. î Spatial separation of persons with acute febrile respiratory symptoms. Background 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 the care of all patients.
This is particularly true in the case of. persistent toxic chemicals, which are. passed from ecosystem to ecosystem, from generation to generation. The growing consensus to place. precaution at the forefront of envi-. ronmental policy is a hopeful sign.