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A 44-year-old hospitalized client with a diagnosis of end-stage acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been placed on neutropenic precautions that limit his interaction with visitors, staff, and other clients. What is the underlying rationale for these precautions?

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Those precautions aimed to protect patients from any virus, bacteria or infection.

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In the end-stage of the acquired immunodeficency syndrome (AIDS) the immune system is so weak as the virus atacks it, so, the system is vulnerable to a variety of deseases, even common deseases that can be treatable in a person with a healthy immune system can be fatal in a person with AIDS. The neutropenic precautions are usually set when a person has neutropenia, this contition causes lower production of white blood cells which helps to fight against viruses and infections, as the condition is very similar to the AIDS, in the case described the precautions are intended to protect the patient from viruses, bacterias and infections and include the limitation in the interaction with people.

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Neutropenic Precautions are used when a patient that have a low numbers of neutrophils in their inmune system, also with cases of AIDS this kind of cares is used to avoid further infections because in this condition you can get an infection easily and get worse any symptom or condition that an AIDS patient can have.

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