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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for hospitalized care. Assessment data include fever 101.8°F (38.8°C) with elevated WBC and bandemia. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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Wear gloves only and skip hand hygiene when leaving the room.Skip precautions if the client has no fever.Perform hand hygiene and apply the transmission-based precautions indicated by the client's diagnosis.Use sterile technique for all routine hygiene regardless of diagnosis.

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C. Perform hand hygiene and apply the transmission-based precautions indicated by the client's diagnosis.

Why

Infection control matches the pathogen route: hand hygiene plus appropriate precautions for contact, droplet, or airborne transmission.

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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for hospitalized care. Assessment data include fever 101.8°F (38.8°C) with elevated WBC and bandemia. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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