Editing Infection Control and Safety – LPN Practice Questions (section)

==Question 14==
'''Select all that apply.''' Which situations require the nurse to perform hand hygiene?
# Before applying clean gloves.
# Immediately after removing gloves.
# After touching the client's bedside rail and monitor, even if the client was not touched.
# Before preparing medications.
# Only when the hands appear visibly soiled.
# After using the restroom.

'''Answer:''' 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.

''Rationale:'' Hand hygiene is performed before and after client contact, before a clean or aseptic task, after body fluid exposure risk, after contact with the client's surroundings, before and after glove use, before medication and food handling, and after using the restroom. Option 5 is incorrect: visible soiling determines which product to use, soap and water rather than alcohol rub, not whether hand hygiene is done at all.