The only employees that should be allowed to wear PPE in both the lab and patient areas are phlebotomists who collect samples from patients and then return them to the lab. Both areas are considered âwork areas,â as is the walking distance between the two rooms.
Mononucleosis is spread sharing beverages, utensils, lip balm, and most commonly known is kissing. Infectious mononucleosis can be caused from Acute Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, condition caused by a member of the herpes virus family.
Occasionally, the symptoms of infectious mononucleosis can last for six months or longer. Transmission EBV is the most common cause of infectious mononucleosis, but other viruses can cause this disease.