The radiology department requests that a client with active pulmonary tuberculosis be sent for a scheduled chest x-ray. To ensure proper infection control during the client's transport through the hospital corridors, which intervention should the nurse implement?
- AFit the client with an N95 particulate respirator.
- BCover the client entirely with a clean isolation blanket.
- Place a standard surgical mask on the client.Cevap
- DEnsure transport personnel wear sterile gowns and gloves.
Cevap
Place a standard surgical mask on the client.
When a client on airborne precautions must leave their isolation room, the primary goal is source control. Placing a standard surgical mask on the client effectively traps expelled respiratory droplets and prevents the aerosolization of droplet nuclei into the hospital corridors.
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Source control during transport for airborne precautions