Healthstream: Contact and Droplet Questions And Answers

Healthstream: Contact and Droplet
Questions And Answers

Which precautions should be used for all hospitalized patients? Standard precautions




A patient should be placed on contact precautions if any of the following conditions are present

except: Patient has whooping cough (pertussis)




Patients with which of the following should be placed on droplet precautions: Strep throat




Patient placement, handwashing, gloves and gown used, patient transport, and patient equipment

are all specified within: Contact precautions




Droplet precautions should include all of the following except: Respirator




All of the following statements about respiratory droplets are true except: Respiratory

droplets travel no more than 3 feet from a patient




Which of the following calls for contact precautions? Rotavirus in an infant