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Table 4.2.<br />

Infection control transmission precautions for Category A agents<br />

Agent Transmission Infection control Special features<br />

Anthrax Contact (cutaneous form) St<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

Plague Contact (bubonic form) St<strong>and</strong>ard, droplet Masks<br />

Droplet (pneumonic form)<br />

Tularemia No St<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

Botulism No St<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

Smallpox Droplet <strong>and</strong> aerosol St<strong>and</strong>ard, airborne<br />

infection isolation<br />

Fitted N-95<br />

Negative-pressure<br />

Viral<br />

hemorrhagic<br />

fevers<br />

Contact <strong>and</strong> droplet<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ard, contact,<br />

droplet<br />

room<br />

Masks<br />

99

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