The nursing staff of a medical clinic and 15 of their patients have moved to the third floor of an office building to escape flood waters. Public water supply has been contaminated. This floor has eight commode stalls in two different bathrooms
To provide drinking water, the nurse should: a. designate which commodes can be used for body waste.
b. protect water in commode tanks to use for drinking.
c. run cold water in sinks to have reservoirs of water.
d. assign people to use specific bathrooms.
B
The water in the tanks of the commodes has not been contaminated and the water in the hot wa-ter tanks has not been contaminated. Using any of the water for waste disposal is inappropriate. Using cold water pulls from the contaminated water supply.
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