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A 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to hydration and fluid balance. Assessment data include the client has 6% unintentional weight loss in 1 month and albumin 2.8 g/dL. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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Skip precautions if the client has no fever.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.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 79-year-old client on a medical-surgical unit is being evaluated for nursing care related to hydration and fluid balance. Assessment data include the client has 6% unintentional weight loss in 1 month and albumin 2.8 g/dL. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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