Author Question: A 78-year-old female is hospitalized with complications due to hip replacement surgery. She is ... (Read 82 times)

javeds · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A 78-year-old female is hospitalized with complications due to hip replacement surgery. She is receiving intravenous antibiotics and oxygen via a nasal cannula as well as having a urinary catheter in place.

At four days of hospitalization, she develops fever after showing signs of improvement. The physician suspects bacteremia. To prove his suspicion, he orders a culture of her
A) intravenous catheter tip.
B) skin surface at the site of the intravenous catheter insertion.
C) blood.
D) A and B.
E) A and C.

Question 2

What portion of a blood sample should be used for testing for the presence of viruses?

A) Platelets B) White blood cells C) Serum D) Red blood cells