A patient is admitted to the hospital with a suspected case of botulism. The nurse recognizes that which situation likely caused this infection?
1. The patient ate food contaminated with the toxin.
2. The patient came in contact with someone who had botulism.
3. The patient was injected with the poison.
4. The patient had a dirty wound that became infected with the toxin.
Correct Answer: 1
Botulism is food poisoning that takes several hours to develop after ingesting contaminated food such as improperly canned or cooked foods and especially home-canned vegetables and fruits, smoked meats, and vacuum-packed fish. It is unlikely that the patient was injected with the bacteria. Botulism is not contagious and does not result from an infected wound.
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