All hospital employees are concerned about the safety of patients in the hospital, especially regarding the transmission of pathogens. What is the most common means of transmission of pathogens in this environment?
a. Contaminated blood products
b. Enteric transmission
c. Insufficient hand hygiene
d. Aerosols
C
A pathogen is any microorganism capable of producing an illness. The most common means of transmission of pathogens is by the hands. Pathogens are also transmitted through a human's blood and body fluids and by insects (e.g., mosquitoes carrying malaria) and rodents. Although the other responses could spread pathogens, the most correct answer and most common method is insufficient hand hygiene.
You might also like to view...
You are administering the Denver II during your examination of a 2-year-old child. The Denver II is a commonly used tool for assessing neuromuscular development of the child from birth through
a. 3 years of age. c. 6 years of age. b. 4 years of age. d. 10 years of age.
Which client is at continuing risk for alkalosis?
A. 35-year-old critically ill client receiving total parenteral nutrition B. 45-year-old client with type 1 diabetes, once-daily insulin therapy C. 55-year-old client with metastatic breast cancer on continuous IV morphine D. 65-year-old client with occupation-induced asthma using an adrenergic agonist inhaler
A patient is diagnosed with hypertension caused by polycystic kidney disease. Which intervention might be helpful to control this patient's blood pressure and slow the progression of renal failure?
1. Administration of ACE inhibitors 2. Kidney transplant 3. Hemodialysis 4. Peritoneal dialysis
The nurse is teaching Mrs. Bailey and her family how to care for her post-op dressing change. This health teaching would be considered a(n)
A) cognitive intervention. B) affective intervention. C) behavioral intervention. D) assessment-based intervention.