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

==Question 3==
A client is admitted with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Which action by the nurse is '''correct'''?
# Wear a surgical mask when entering the room and leave the door open for ventilation.
# Wear a fit-tested N95 respirator, keep the door closed, and place the client in a negative-pressure room.
# Wear a gown and gloves only, since tuberculosis is spread by contact with sputum.
# Place a fit-tested N95 respirator on the client whenever staff enter the room.

'''Answer:''' 2. Wear a fit-tested N95 respirator, keep the door closed, and place the client in a negative-pressure room.

''Rationale:'' Tuberculosis requires airborne precautions: an airborne infection isolation room with negative pressure, the door kept closed, and a fit-tested N95 or higher respirator for anyone entering. A surgical mask does not protect the wearer from droplet nuclei. The client wears a surgical mask, not an N95, and only when leaving the room.