Month: February 2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 – COVID-19- Wuhan coronavirus

Coronavirus Disease 2019 – COVID-19- Wuhan coronavirus

What is a corona virus? Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). The coronavirus gets its name from a distinctive corona or crown like spikes known as glyccoproteins  that projects from the …

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Infection Transmission Precautions

Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission. There are three types of transmission-based precautions–contact, droplet, and airborne – the type used depends on the mode of transmission of a specific disease above and beyond standard precautions.  Many of these disease …

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