A nurse cares for a client with infective endocarditis. Which infection control precautions should the nurse use?
a. Standard Precautions
b. Bleeding precautions
c. Reverse isolation
d. Contact isolation
ANS: A
The client with infective endocarditis does not pose any specific threat of transmitting the causative organism. Standard Precautions should be used. Bleeding precautions or reverse or contact isolation is not necessary.
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