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What are three primary reasons for wearing gloves?
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1. They protect the hands when the nurse is likely to handle any body substances like blood, urine, feces, sputum and nonintact skin.
2. They reduce the likelihood of nurses transmitting their own microorganisms to clients. 3. They reduce the chance that the nurse's hands will transmit microorganisms from one client to another client. |
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Airborne precautions
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Used for clients known to have or suspected of having serious illnesses transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei smaller than 5 microns.
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Droplet precautions
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Used for clietns know to have or suspected of having serious illnesses transmitted by particle droplets larger than 5 microns.
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Contact precaution
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Used for clients know or suspected to have serious illnesses easily transmitted by direct contact with items in the client's environment.
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