The patient has been hospitalized for several days and has received multiple intravenous antibiotic medications.This morning,the patient had three episodes of severe,foul-smelling diarrhea.The nurse should institute:
A)contact precautions.
B)standard precautions only.
C)airborne precautions.
D)droplet precautions.

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In addition to standard precautions,use contact precautions for patients known or suspected to have serious illnesses easily transmitted by direct patient contact or by contact with items in the patient's environment.Examples of such illnesses include gastrointestinal,respiratory,skin,or wound infection and colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria judged by the infection control program as follows: (1)enteric with a low infectious dose or prolonged environmental survival,including C.difficile,E.coli,Shigella,hepatitis A,or rotavirus;or (2)skin infections that are highly contagious or that may occur on dry skin.Standard precautions apply to blood,all body fluids,secretions,excretions,nonintact skin,and mucous membranes.Patients who may be infected by pathogens that can be spread through direct patient contact may need more.The patient is not exhibiting signs of infection/colonization by pathogens that can be spread via the airborne route.In addition to standard precautions,use airborne precautions for patients known or suspected to have serious illnesses transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei.Examples of such illnesses include measles,varicella,and TB.The patient is not exhibiting signs of infection/colonization by pathogens that can be spread via large particle droplets.In addition to standard precautions,use droplet precautions for patients known or suspected to have serious illnesses transmitted by large particle droplets.Examples of such illnesses include invasive H.influenzae type B disease,pertussis,pneumonic plague,streptococcal pharyngitis,pneumonia,and scarlet fever in infants and young children,as well as mumps,parvovirus B19,and rubella.

The Patient Has Been Hospitalized for Several Days and Has