When Administering Aerosolized Pentamidine, What Should the Respiratory Care Practitioner $\mu$

question 5

Multiple Choice

When administering aerosolized pentamidine, what should the respiratory care practitioner do?
I.Use a nebulizer that produces particles in the 1- to 2- $\mu$ m mean mass aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) range.
II.Use a nebulizer system with one-way valves and scavenging expiratory filters.
III.Provide isolation and an environmental containment system.
IV.Screen patients for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) .

• A)I and II only
• B)II and IV only
• C)I, II, and III
• D)I, II, III, and IV

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