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A 63-year-old client with chronic kidney disease is being evaluated for nursing care related to vitamins and minerals. Assessment data include the client coughs when drinking thin liquids and has wet vocal quality after swallowing. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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

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D. 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 63-year-old client with chronic kidney disease is being evaluated for nursing care related to vitamins and minerals. Assessment data include the client coughs when drinking thin liquids and has wet vocal quality after swallowing. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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