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APatients with active pulmonary tuberculosis
BPatients colonized with resistant organisms
CPatients recovering from abdominal surgery
DAllogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
1. A Protective Environment is designed for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
2. Its purpose is to minimize fungal spore counts in the air and reduce invasive environmental fungal infection.
3. Tuberculosis calls for Airborne Precautions, which move air the other way, and resistant organisms call for Contact Precautions.
4. No published reports support placing solid organ transplant or other immunocompromised patients in a Protective Environment.
_Source: CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings (2007), Part III, section III.F. Protective Environment_
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