A client has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. The nurse evaluates that teaching regarding the disease is understood when the client makes which statement?
a. "Some medications have been known to induce hepatitis A."
b. "I may have been exposed when we ate shrimp last weekend."
c. "I may have been infected through a re-cent blood transfusion."
d. "My infection with Epstein-Barr virus can co-infect me with hepatitis A."
B
The route of acquisition of hepatitis A infection is through close personal contact or ingestion of contaminated water or shellfish. The other statements are not accurate.
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