Posted: March 26th, 2018

Actions to protect other clients in the ED from infection.

Malcolm is a newly assigned as a triage nurse, on his first day of work, the following clients arrive at the ED. Which among the client require the most rapid action to protect other clients in the ED from infection?

A. A travel blogger who needs tuberculosis testing after an exposure to a person with TB during his trip.
B. An elderly woman who has a history of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) leg wound infection.
C. A pregnant woman with a blister-like rash on the face and is possibly having varicella.
D. An infant with a runny nose and whose older brother has pertussis.