People who have plague and have been treated with appropriate antibiotics can be released from respiratory droplet precautions after:
a. all symptoms are gone.
b. there is no longer any blood in the sputum.
c. the lesions are dried.
d. 48 hours of antibiotic treatment.
D
The patient with plague can be released from respiratory precautions 48 hours after initiation of antibiotic therapy.
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