Which nursing action is most appropriate to decrease the risk of transmitting viral infections by clients and family members at a local clinic?
1. Sanitizing toys, telephones, and doorknobs to kill pathogens
2. Teaching parents safe food preparation and storage
3. Withholding immunizations for children with compromised immune systems
4. Allowing all children to congregate in the same waiting room
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Explanation:
1. Sanitizing toys and all contact surfaces, separating children with infections, and teaching children to wash their hands all control the growth and spread of microorganisms.
2. Teaching parents safe food preparation and storage is another tool to prevent the spread of microorganisms, but it is not related to the flu virus.
3. Immunizations should not be withheld from immunocompromised children, and this is not an infection-control strategy.
4. Children should be separated in different waiting rooms when seeking care at a pediatric clinic.
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