Table 4.2. Infection Control Transmission Precautions for Category A Agents
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Agent
|
Transmission
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Infection Control
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Special Features
|
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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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