The Most Effective Part of Infection Control to Reduce the Incidence

question 17

Multiple Choice

The most effective part of infection control to reduce the incidence of health care-associated infections (HAIs) is to:

• A) use surgical asepsis for care of patients outside the operating room who are most at risk for a HAI.
• B) put all patients with wounds or invasive procedures on transmission-based precautions before they become infected.
• C) place an alcohol-based hand sanitizer solution in every patient room.
• D) use proper hand hygiene before and after caring for any patient, before donning gloves and after their removal.

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