• Consider using a respirator when the ventilation is poor or unknown or based upon a risk assessment (e.g. immunocompromised status or presence of mucosal lesions).• Airborne precautions should be implemented if varicella zoster virus (i.e. chickenpox) or measles are suspected and until they are excluded.
• Airborne precautions should be implemented when performing aerosolgenerating procedures (AGPs).
• If single rooms are not available or in limited supply, cohort confirmed patients and prioritize single rooms for suspect and probable patients.

Implementation considerations

• Contact and droplet precautions should be used by all health and care workers providing direct or indirect care (e.g. cleaning the environment, handling linen or waste) to patients with mpox.
• In addition to droplet and contact precautions, standard precautions should be followed for all patients at all times. The measures described below provide additional considerations for implementing droplet and contact precautions [7] in the context of mpox.
• Health and care workers should be trained in the use of standard and transmission-based precautions such as contact and droplet precautions and the proper use of PPE.