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A 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to parenteral nutrition. Assessment data include the client has potassium 5.9 mEq/L while asking about salt substitutes. 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.Use sterile technique for all routine hygiene regardless of diagnosis.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 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to parenteral nutrition. Assessment data include the client has potassium 5.9 mEq/L while asking about salt substitutes. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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