What Is One Important Action Health Care Workers Can Take

question 9

Multiple Choice

What is one important action health care workers can take to decrease the spread of infection with patients in isolation?

• A)Refuse to perform survival procedures on isolation patients until the precaution has been lifted.
• B)Perform procedures on immunosuppressed patients on weekends and during late shifts.
• C)Explain to patients in isolation that they have contaminated body fluids that cannot be tolerated by the health care workers caring for them.
• D)Perform handwashing before and after close patient contact and in between patients.

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