Guidelines for Standard Precautions indicate that mask and eye protection or a face mask should be used while performing:
a. tube feedings.
b. patient bathing.
c. wet to dry dressing changes.
d. trachea care and suctioning.
D
Use of masks and eye protection or a face mask is indicated during procedures that are likely to generate splashes or sprays of body fluids, which include endotracheal secretions. During tube feedings, patient bathing, and wet to dry dressing changes, there is no splashing of body fluids.
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