The hospital staff has just returned the long spine board that you used to immobilize a patient from a minor motor vehicle collision. There is no blood on the board, but your service policy states that all equipment is to be disinfected anytime that it is used. To properly disinfect the long spine board, which type of product should you use?

A) Soap and water
B) Sterilizing solution
C) Germicidal solution
D) Superheated steam


C) Germicidal solution

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A) Transporting a competent patient who does not want transport to the hospital B) Applying oxygen to a patient who is not complaining of shortness of breath C) Obtaining an informed and signed refusal from a competent patient with abdominal pain D) Obtaining a refusal from a patient without obtaining vital signs

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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