To minimize a patient's infection risk between drug treatments with a small-volume jet nebulizer (SVN), what would you do?
a. Rinse the SVN with sterile water; air dry.
b. Carefully repackage the SVN in its wet state.
c. Rinse the SVN with tap water; run until dry.
d. Throw out the SVN after every treatment.
ANS: A
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that nebulizers be cleaned and dis-infected, or rinsed with sterile water, and air-dried between uses.
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