The nurse knows that all patients may be infected or colonized with microorganisms without signs or symptoms and therefore implements precautions in the delivery of patient care. This practice is referred to as:
A) Universal precautions
B) Standard precautions
C) Transmission-based precautions
D) Contact precaution
Ans: B
Feedback: Standard precautions are practiced under the belief that all patients are colonized or infected with microorganisms without signs or symptoms. Universal precautions are designed solely to prevent bloodborne infections. Body substance isolation precautions are designed to prevent transmission of pathogens from moist body substances. Transmission-based precautions further standard precautions by including organisms so contagious that they are epidemiologically significant.
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a. Assessment b. Diagnosis c. Planning d. Implementation
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