Upon which aspects of patient care within the hospital should an infection control nurse focus?
A. Operating rooms and the emergency department, where open wounds are frequent
B. Patients with indwelling portals of entry, such as Hickman catheters
C. The cleaning/maintenance persons, who must maintain high standards of cleanliness in the hospital
D. Those patients admitted for a brief time to undergo outpatient surgery
ANS: B
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True False