Droplet precautions are being followed for a client in a healthcare facility. The nurse is reviewing key information about droplet precautions with a group of nursing students. What illness requires droplet precautions?
A) Pediculosis
B) Scabies
C) Pertussis
D) Impetigo

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Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a respiratory infection that spreads through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Droplet precautions are necessary to prevent its spread, unlike the other conditions listed which are not primarily spread through respiratory droplets.

Droplet Precautions Are Being Followed for a Client in a Healthcare