A nurse is concerned about caring for three postoperative clients and one client with an infectious disease. The nursing manager educates the nurse about the most effective way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, which is to
a. care for the postoperative clients first, and then see the infected client.
b. place the infected client in the appropriate isolation.
c. practice appropriate hand-washing and sanitation.
d. transfer the infected client to a private room at the end of the hallway.
C
The simplest and most effective way to prevent transmission of infections is meticulous hand-washing and the use of alcohol-based hand rubs. Hand hygiene is an absolute necessity, even when gloves are worn and even when the client is in isolation. It might be a good idea to see the postoperative clients before the infectious one ("clean before dirty") and isolation proce-dures must be followed, but no measure takes the place of hand-washing.
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