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Which exception to Transmission-Based Precautions applies in home care?
AGloves are not worn for contact with body fluids
BAirborne infection isolation rooms are not available
CVisiting personnel need no respiratory protection
DHand hygiene is replaced by glove use alone
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Airborne infection isolation rooms are not available
1. These precautions generally apply in all healthcare settings, but exceptions exist.
2. In home care there are no airborne infection isolation rooms, since a house has no negative pressure engineering.
3. Visiting personnel still need respiratory protection, so that option reverses the position.
4. Gloves and hand hygiene are Standard Precautions and are not dropped because the setting is a home.
_Source: CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007), Part III, section III.E. Application of Transmission-Based Precautions in Ambulatory and Home Care Settings_
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