Table 4.2. Infection Control Transmission Precautions for Category A Agents

Agent

Transmission

Infection Control

Special Features

Anthrax

Contact (cutaneous form)

Standard

 

Plague

Contact (bubonic form).
Droplet (pneumonic form)

Standard, droplet

Masks

Tularemia

No

Standard

 

Botulism

No

Standard

 

Smallpox

Droplet and aerosol

Standard, airborne infection isolation

Fitted N-95.
Negative-pressure room

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Contact and droplet

Standard, contact, droplet

Masks

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