If a patient has MRSA in their sputum, you would normally find 2 isolation signs posted on the door: a green "contact precautions" sign and a teal "additional precautions" sign (to protect your mucous membranes from contaminated sputum).
According to universal precautions, we should always protect our mucous membranes if we anticipate potential contact with a patient's body fluids (not just MRSA infections). Therefore, the teal "additional precautions" sign will no longer be used. If you have any questions, please call Beth in Infection Control at ext. 2339.
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