Assignment task: You are a nurse for a 65 year old patient who is admitted to the medical ?oor of the hospital due to a productive cough, Molly's. fever and dehydration. The patient has also been having diarrhea since completing a course of antibiotics 1 week ago. Upon arrival to the floor, the patient is tested in for both Clostridium Dif?cile and In?uenza. Both tests came back positive.
1. Identify what type of hand hygiene you would use for this patient and the steps to complete this method of hand hygiene.
2. What type of precaution should be used for this patient?
3. Scroll of the order you would take for putting on PPE when entering the room and the order you would remove PPE when exiting the room.
4. You enter the room to find family at the bedside wearing NO type of PPE. Describe what actions you would take to address this with the family.