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When caring for patients with respiratory symptoms, do you always require them to put on surgical masks and perform hand hygiene? “It is vital to require patients to practice respiratory etiquette and for staff to use droplet precautions,” urges Maryann Gierloff, RN, MSN, CIC, infection control facilitator at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL.

Checklist gives protection from exposure to flu