When the Nurse Is Using a Syringe and Needle to Give

question 13

Multiple Choice

When the nurse is using a syringe and needle to give a patient an injection, he or she should:

• A) never recap the needle afterwards to avoid risk of needle stick.
• B) carefully break the needle from the syringe, using the needle cover to prevent reuse of a used syringe and needle.
• C) throw the needle and syringe immediately in a covered garbage can with a red plastic liner to indicate the materials are biohazards.
• D) recap the needle and place it carefully on the patient's table until leaving the room, then discard it in a garbage container in the nurses' medication room.