When caring for a patient with an infection, the nurse uses a stethoscope that remains in the patient's room. At which point is the nurse interrupting the chain of infection?
1. The reservoir
2. Portal of exit
3. Mode of transmission
4. Susceptible host
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Rationale 1: The patient is the reservoir of infection. Nothing has changed with the patient to interrupt the chain of infection.
Rationale 2: In a respiratory illness, the portal of exit is the respiratory system. Exit occurs through coughing, sneezing, laughing, or talking.
Rationale 3: To move to another place, the organism must have a mode of transmission. If the nurse does not take the stethoscope out of the room, the organism does not have a way to move from patient to patient.
Rationale 4: To cause an infection, the organism must encounter a susceptible host. The stethoscope is not a host.
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