As part of Standard Precautions, nurses wear gloves when handling the newborn. The chief reason is
a. To protect the baby from infection
b. It is part of the Apgar protocol
c. To protect the nurse from contamination by the newborn
d. Because the nurse has primary responsibility for the baby during the first 2 hours
C
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A Proper hand hygiene is all that is necessary to protect the infant from infection.
B Wearing gloves is not necessary in order to complete the Apgar score
assessment.
C With the possibility of transmission of viruses such as HBV and HIV through
maternal blood and amniotic fluid, the newborn must be considered a potential
contamination source until proved otherwise. As part of Standard Precautions,
nurses should wear gloves when handling the newborn until blood and amniotic
fluid are removed by bathing.
D The nurse assigned to the mother-baby couplet has primary responsibility
regardless of whether or not she wears gloves.
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