Standard Precautions are:
A)Guidelines designed to prevent transmission of infection from any source of body fluid, except sweat, in healthcare settings.
B)Guidelines designed to prevent transmission of infection by blood and body fluids in healthcare settings.
C)Guidelines designed to prevent transmission of infection by a known source of infection.

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Standard Precautions are guidelines recommended by the CDC for all patients regardless of disease or infectious status, and an OSHA standard for compliancy. It is a method of infection control designed to prevent transmission of pathogenic organism from any source of body fluid, regardless of the presence of blood. Standard Precautions are a combination of two previous standards, Universal Precautions and Body Substance Isolation. Universal precautions, implemented in 1985, are guidelines designed to prevent transmission of blood-borne pathogens. Universal Precautions instructed healthcare workers to use personal protective equipment when contact with blood or blood-containing body fluid was a possibility. Body substance isolation (BSI) was added in 1987 and expanded protection guidelines to include all body fluids and substances, regardless of presence of blood.

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