*Chicken pox (Varicella), Shingles (Herpes zoster)
| Practice / Additional Precautions: ROUTINE: Localized shingles AIRBORNE and CONTACT: - Disseminated shingles - Immunocompromised with localized shingles - Chicken pox (confirmed or suspected) |
Mode of Transmission: Airborne Direct and indirect contact |
| Infectious Material: Respiratory secretions Drainage from cutaneous lesions Vesicle fluid |
Duration of Additional Precautions: Disseminated shingles / Chicken pox: until skin lesions have crusted and dried Immunocompromised clients / patients: until 24 hours after antiviral therapy started |
| Signs & Symptoms: Vesicular rash, sometimes fever |
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