A student has just performed a physical assessment on a patient who has a Clostridium difficile infection. As the student prepares to leave the room, the nurse notices that she uses an alcohol rub to cleanse her hands
What immediate action should the nurse take? a. No action is required.
b. Report the student's action to the instructor.
c. Ask the student to wash her hands with soap and water before she leaves.
d. Discuss the matter with the student later in a quiet area.
C
The student should be made to wash her hands with soap and water before she leaves the room. C. difficile is very contagious, and alcohol-based hand rubs are ineffective against bacterial spores.
To do nothing would be neglect.
Reporting the action to the student's instructor will not prevent the student from having imme-diate contact with another patient and spreading the disease, neither will discussing the problem later with the student.
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