The nurse is instructing the mother of an adolescent with hepatitis on ways to prevent the spread of infection in the home. What should the nurse include in this mother's teaching? (Select all that apply.)
a. Use bar soap.
b. Wear rubber gloves when handling the patient's used laundry.
c. Wash contaminated linens separately from other family linens.
d. Identify a separate bedroom and bathroom for the patient to use.
e. Wash gloves with 10% bleach solution after use for cleaning the bathroom.
ANS: B, C, D, E
At home and if possible, the patient with hepatitis should have a separate bedroom and bathroom. The person cleaning the bathroom should wear disposable gloves or rubber gloves and then clean the gloves with a 10% bleach solution. Contaminated linens used by a patient with hepatitis should be washed separately from household laundry and in hot water. One cup of bleach should be added with the detergent to each load. Rubber gloves should be worn to wash the patient's laundry. A. The family should be advised to use liquid soap instead of bar soap.
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