Question

A client with severe shortness of breath comes to the emergency department. The client tells the emergency department staff that they recently traveled to China for business. Based on the client's travel history and presentation, the staff suspects severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Which isolation precautions should the staff institute?

a. droplet precautions
b. contact precautions
c. contact and droplet precautions
d. airborne and contact precautions

Answer 1

c. contact and droplet precautions

Step-by-step explanation:

SARS is a viral sickness that is transmitted basically by human contact directly, for example, with hugs, kisses, shaking hands, etc. But at the same time if the objects that a person touch has this microdrops of saliva or other liquids, in this way, the virus can be transmitted to a third person.

That is the reason to clean as much as you can the community areas to avoid contagion among the other members of the community.