NAC441A.025. “Blood and body fluid precautions” defined.  


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  • “Blood and body fluid precautions” means the recommended procedures:

         1. Designed to prevent the transmission of diseases by direct or indirect contact with blood, semen, vaginal secretions, saliva, urine, feces, respiratory secretions or other body fluids; and

         2. Set forth in 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings, adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 441A.200.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-24-92; A by R087-08, 1-13-2011)