How this exercise works
Match the diagnosis or situation to the correct transmission-based precaution (contact, droplet, airborne) plus standard precautions.
Fundamental concept
Standard precautions, isolation categories, and hand hygiene from authoritative CDC guidance.
Read: Infection Prevention & CDC Transmission Precautions →Scenario
A client admitted from a long-term care facility has a chronic wound culture positive for MRSA. The client is alert, afebrile, with no respiratory symptoms.
A client admitted from a long-term care facility has a chronic wound culture positive for MRSA. The client is alert, afebrile, with no respiratory symptoms.
Which precaution category applies?