A Perioperative Nurse Returns Back to Work in a Busy

question 21

Multiple Choice

A perioperative nurse returns back to work in a busy OR tomorrow after a 3-week vacation.She is certain she will be assigned to scrub in cardiac surgery in the morning.Select the infection prevention measures she must accomplish before she returns to the OR.

• A) Home launder her hats and scrubs.
• B) Remove her artificial nail tips and cut her nails to 1/4 inch past her finger tips.
• C) Complete nasal swab screening for Staphylococcus aureus.
• D) Perform a 10-minute scrub.

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