A patient is admitted from the emergency department diagnosed with Neisseria meningitides. What type of isolation precautions should the nurse institute?
A) Contact precautions
B) Droplet precautions
C) Airborne precautions
D) Standard precautions
Ans: B
Feedback: This patient requires droplet precautions because the organism can be transmitted through airborne droplets when the patient coughs, sneezes, or doesn't cover the mouth. Airborne precautions would be instituted for a patient infected with tuberculosis. Standard precautions would be instituted for a patient when contact with body substances is likely. Contact precautions would be instituted for a patient infected with an organism that is transmitted through skin-to-skin contact.
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