The home care nurse is teaching the client with hepatitis A and her family members how to prevent transmission of the disease from the infected client to noninfected family members
Which action is most important to teach about how to prevent uninfected family members from becoming infected? A. Ensuring that all family members wash their hands before eating
B. Preventing the client from preparing food for herself or the rest of the family
C. Washing the client's dishes separately from those of the rest of the family
D. Having the infected client wear a mask over the nose and mouth when interacting with all family members
B
Hepatitis A is spread through fecal-oral contamination. The client has virus in her feces. Even if the client used good handwashing technique before preparing food, the chance of her contami-nating others is best reduced when the client does not participate in any food preparation.
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