Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 85%
Simulated
The nurse should determine which clients require contact precautions based on the modes of disease transmission to maintain a safe environment? Select all that apply.
Correct answer
B,E,F
Rationale
Contact precautions are initiated when disease transmission occurs from direct contact with the client or his or her environment. Diseases that require the use of contact precautions include colonization or infection with multidrug-resistant organisms, respiratory syncytial virus, shigella and other enteric pathogens, wound infections, herpes simplex, scabies, and disseminated varicella zoster. Clients with mumps or streptococcal pharyngitis require droplet precautions. A client with pulmonary tuberculosis requires airborne precautions.