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A client with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) arrives at the emergency department reporting three days of unremitting, watery diarrhea, night sweats, and a persistent cough producing blood-tinged sputum. The triage provider suspects both *Clostridioides difficile* infection and active pulmonary tuberculosis. When initiating isolation protocols for this client, which of the following actions are appropriate? Select all that apply.

  1. Assign the client to an airborne infection isolation room with negative air pressure.Cevap
  2. Don a fit-tested N95 respirator, a clean gown, and gloves prior to entering the client's room.Cevap
  3. C
    Perform hand hygiene using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer immediately after exiting the room.
  4. Keep dedicated, disposable patient-care equipment inside the client's room for exclusive use.Cevap
  5. E
    Delay the implementation of isolation protocols until the laboratory confirms the presence of the suspected pathogens.
  6. F
    Instruct the client to wear an N95 respirator during necessary transport to other hospital departments.

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The correct actions include assigning the client to a negative-pressure airborne infection isolation room, donning an N95 respirator, gown, and gloves before entering, and keeping dedicated disposable equipment in the room.
The correct actions properly synthesize Airborne and Contact Precautions. A client with suspected tuberculosis must be placed in a negative-pressure airborne infection isolation room, and staff must wear a fit-tested N95 respirator. The concurrent suspicion of C. difficile requires contact precautions, meaning staff must also wear a gown and gloves, and use dedicated patient-care equipment to prevent cross-contamination.

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1
Analyze the client's clinical presentation.
The symptoms suggest active pulmonary tuberculosis (night sweats, hemoptysis) and a Clostridioides difficile infection (watery diarrhea).
Identifying the potential pathogens is the first step in determining the correct transmission-based precautions.
2
Determine the appropriate isolation categories.
Tuberculosis requires Airborne Precautions, while C. difficile requires Contact Precautions (specifically enteric precautions due to spores).
Different pathogens transmit via different routes, requiring specific combinations of barriers and environmental controls.
3
Evaluate the interventions for Airborne Precautions.
The client must be placed in a negative-pressure room, and staff must wear an N95 respirator. If transport is necessary, the client should wear a standard surgical mask to contain respiratory secretions.
Airborne precautions focus on preventing the inhalation of small particle aerosols.
4
Evaluate the interventions for Contact Precautions.
Staff must wear a gown and gloves, and equipment should be dedicated to the client. Because C. difficile forms spores, hand hygiene must be performed with soap and water.
Contact precautions prevent transmission via direct or indirect contact with the patient or their environment.
5
Apply the principle of empiric isolation.
Transmission-based precautions must be initiated immediately upon suspicion of a highly contagious pathogen.
Waiting for laboratory confirmation before isolating a potentially highly infectious client severely compromises facility safety.

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Clients with suspected concurrent airborne and contact-enteric infections require immediate implementation of combined transmission-based precautions, including placement in a negative-pressure room, use of N95 respirators, gowns, gloves, dedicated equipment, and meticulous soap-and-water hand hygiene.
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