Why are standard precautions used in addition to transmission-based precautions? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Transmission-based precautions will not protect you from exposure to bloodborne pathogens by all modes of transmission. Combining standard precautions with transmission-based precautions will protect you from exposure to bloodborne pathogens by all modes of transmission. Transmission-based precautions will protect you from diseases requiring isolation.
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