Standard Precautions reduce the risk of disease transmission. 

Considerations for selecting PPE for workers at risk of infectious disease exposure include:

Decontamination is the process of removing contaminants (infectious agents) that have accumulated on people who have worked in a contaminated or likely contaminated environment.

Pathogens can easily spread, causing outbreaks of an illness.

To help determine what actions, processes and precautions to include in the control plan, workplace health and safety professionals may consider a system called the Hierarchy of Hazard Control or “Hierarchy of Controls.”

Workers must don (put on) and use PPE properly to achieve the intended protection and minimize the risk of infection.