Contents
About Public Health England 2
Foreword 4
Acknowledgements 4
Part 1. General information 5
1.1. Respiratory infections as a communicable disease 5
1.2. Routes of transmission 5
1.3. Incubation period 6
1.4. Infectious period 6
1.5. Persistence in the environment 7
1.6. Persons most at risk of developing complications 7
1.7. High risk environment 7
Part 2. Respiratory precautions 8
2.1. Droplet precautions 8
2.2. Contact precautions 10
2.3. Airborne precautions 11
2.4. Duration for the requirement of transmission-based precautions 13
2.5. Summary 13
References 14