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cord-015884-mtpbzgr9	Haynes, Alice	Current Practices for Infection Prevention in the Hospital Settings	2013-08-06		.txt	text/plain	3217	152	46	The CDC, in cooperation with the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), established Standard Precautions to address the prevention of the spread of infectious agents in healthcare settings and are the result of combining the key components from Universal Precautions and Body Substance Isolation along with the understanding that all blood and body fl uids, except sweat, are potentially infectious, and inanimate objects are potentially contaminated with infectious agents, therefore are capable of being reservoirs in the chain of transmission of infectious agents [ 11 , 12 ] . Standard Precautions group together infection prevention practices consisting of the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as gowns, gloves, masks, goggles or face shields, and the performance of hand hygiene, washing hands with soap and water, especially when they are visibly soiled, or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.	./cache/cord-015884-mtpbzgr9.txt	./txt/cord-015884-mtpbzgr9.txt