Which antimalarial intervention would be appropriate for client teaching when educating those living in an area of the world where malaria is endemic?
a. Receive a dose of IV quinine.
b. Avoid direct contact with individuals who have malaria.
c. Use insecticide-treated bed nets.
d. Apply dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) spray.
C
An effective antimalarial intervention is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets. Malaria is con-tracted by being bit by an infected mosquito; it cannot be passed by direct person-to-person con-tact. IV quinine is the drug of choice for treating malaria, not preventing it. Some mosquitoes are resistant to DDT, so this may not be effective.
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