Infection Control Infection control procedures should be reinforced for mass casualty situations with undifferentiated febrile illness following a suspected BW attack. Isolate patients and use respiratory droplet precautions, in addition to standard precautions, until plague and smallpox can be reasonably excluded. Isolation should be in designated tents or other structures. The use of surgical masks on patients is appropriate when separate tents or structures are not available. Infection control practices could then be modified after the agent is identified.
Most agents require only standard precautions.
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