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Universal/Standard Precautions. Universal/Standard Precautions are a set of infection control practices that healthcare personnel use to reduce transmission of microorganisms in healthcare settings. Universal/Standard Precautions protect both healthcare personnel and patients from contact with infectious agents.
Contact precautions may be needed for germs that are spread by touching. 1  Contact precautions help keep staff and visitors from spreading the germs after touching a person or an object the person has touched.  Some of the germs that contact precautions protect from are C. difficile and norovirus.