Author Question: The most frequent route of exposure to bloodborne disease for health care workers is needlestick ... (Read 66 times)

chads108 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The most frequent route of exposure to bloodborne disease for health care workers is needlestick injury. The nurse recognizes that implementation of _________________ can prevent needlestick injury.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

An appropriate technique for artificial airway suctioning is to:

A. Apply clean gloves
B. Hyperinflate the client before suctioning
C. Maintain a high fraction of inspired oxygen
D. Continue to insert the suction catheter when the resistance at the carina is met

Yixagurpuldink · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

safe needle devices
The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act is a federal law that mandates health care facilities to use safe needle devices to reduce the frequency of needlestick injury.

Answer to Question 2

B
B. Hyperinflate and/or hyperoxygenate client before suctioning, using manual resuscitation bag-valve-mask connected to oxygen source or sigh mechanism on mechanical ventilator.
A. Apply sterile glove to each hand, or apply nonsterile glove to nondominant hand and sterile glove to dominant hand.
C. Preoxygenation converts large proportion of resident lung gas to 100 oxygen to offset amount used in metabolic consumption while ventilator or oxygenation is interrupted.
D. Usually the catheter meets resistance at the carina. One indication that the catheter is at the carina is acute onset of coughing because the carina contains many cough receptors. The catheter should be pulled back 1 cm ( inch).