Work Restrictions

Question 1

Conjuctiivitis

Answer 1

Restrict from patient contact and contact with the patient’s environment until discharge ceases.

Question 2

Cytomegalovirus Infections

Answer 2

No Restriction

Question 3

Diarrheal diseases

Acute Stage

Convalescent Stage (salmonella)

Answer 3

Restrict from patient contact, contact with the patient’s environment, or food handling

Restrict from care of high- risk patients

Question 4

Diptheria

Answer 4

Exclude from duty until antimicrobial therapy completed and two cultures obtained 24 hours apart are negative.

Question 5

Enteroviral Infections

Answer 5

Restrict from care of infants, neonates, and immunocompromised patients and their environments.

Question 6

Hep A

Answer 6

Restrict from patient contact, contacts with patient’s environment, and food handling

Question 7

Hep B

Answer 7

Do no perform exposure prone procedures until counsel wform an expert review panel. Until hep B e antigen is negative.

Question 8

Hep C

Answer 8

N recommendations. Until lesions heal.

Question 9

Measles
Active
Post Exposure

Answer 9

exclude from duty until 7 days after rash appears

From 5th day post exposure to day 21 after last exposure or 4 days post appearance of rash.

Question 10

Meningococcal infections

Answer 10

Exclude from duty until 24 hours post start of effective therapy.

Question 12

Pediculosis

Answer 12

Restrict from patient contact until treated and observed free of adult and immature lice.

Question 13

Pertussis

Active - exclude from duty
Postexposure ( aasymptomatic)- no restriction- prophylaxis recommended
Postexposure (symptomatic)- exclude from duty

Answer 13

From beginning of catarrhal stage through third week after onset of paroxysms or until 5 days after start of effective antimicrobial therapy.

Until 5 days after start of effective antimicrobial therapy.

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