The nurse is observing a family member changing a dressing for a patient in the home health environment. Which of these observations would indicate that the family member has a correct understanding of how to manage contaminated dressings?
a. The family member removes gloves and gathers items for disposal.
b. The family member places the used dressings in a plastic bag.
c. The family member saves part of the dressing because it is clean.
d. The family member wraps the used dressing in toilet tissue before placing in the trash.
B
Contaminated dressings and other infectious items should be placed in impervious plastic or brown paper bags and then disposed of properly in garbage containers. Gloves should be worn during this process. Parts of the dressing should not be saved, even though they may seem clean, because microbes may be present.
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