A nurse is required to clean the open wounds of a client who has been involved in an automobile accident. What intervention would the nurse need to perform when cleaning a client's open wounds to protect himself or herself from infection?
A) Wash hands with alcohol-based hand wash after the procedure.
B) Wear a clean pair of latex or latex-free gloves.
C) Use sterilizing acid to clean the injury.
D) Use sterile solutions such as normal saline.
B
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In order to protect themselves from infections when dealing with open wounds, nurses should wear gloves. Though washing hands with an alcohol-based hand wash helps kill the microorganisms, it will not protect the nurse from being infected during the cleaning of the wound. Sterilizing acid is used to sterilize heat-sensitive instruments and is not applied to wounds. Sterile solutions such as normal saline are used to avoid contamination of the wound itself, not to protect the nurse.
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