Which precautions are appropriate for a patient with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wound infection?

A) Contact
B) Airborne
C) Droplet
D) Standard

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Which precautions are appropriate for a patient with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wound infection?A)  ContactB)  AirborneC)  DropletD)  Standard

Cynthia Guerrero · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Contact precautions (direct patient or environmental contact)is used for patients with colonization or infection with multidrug-resistant organisms such as VRE and MRSA,Clostridium difficile,shigella,and other enteric pathogens; major wound infections; herpes simplex; scabies; varicella zoster (disseminated); or respiratory syncytial virus in infants,young children,or immunocompromised adults.Airborne precautions (droplet nuclei smaller than 5 microns)are used for patients who have measles; chickenpox (varicella); disseminated varicella zoster; pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis.Droplet precautions (droplets larger than 5 microns; being within 3 feet of the patient)are used for patients with diphtheria (pharyngeal),rubella,streptococcal pharyngitis,pneumonia or scarlet fever in infants and young children,pertussis,mumps,Mycoplasma pneumoniae,meningococcal pneumonia or sepsis,or pneumonic plague.A protective environment is used to protect patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants.

Which precautions are appropriate for a patient with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) wound infection?

A) Contact
B) Airborne
C) Droplet
D) Standard

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