The nurse caring for a client with tuberculosis (TB) transports the client to the radiology department for a chest x-ray. The nurse ensures that the client uses which personal protective equipment when out of the negative-pressure room?

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The nurse caring for a client with tuberculosis (TB) transports the client to the radiology department for a chest x-ray.  The nurse ensures that the client uses which personal protective equipment when out of the negative-pressure room?

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Clients with airborne infections such as TB, measles, or chickenpox (varicella) are confined to a negative-pressure room except when traveling to various departments for essential diagnostic procedures or surgery. While being transported through the health care facility, the client on airborne transmission-based precautions wears a surgical mask to protect health care workers (HCWs) and other clients from respiratory secretions. (Options A and B) The client on airborne transmission-based precautions must wear a surgical mask to contain exhaled respiratory secretions. The other personal protective equipment is not necessary. (Option C) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that HCWs who transport clients wear N95 respirator masks as protection against exposure to airborne droplets. N95 respirator masks protect HCWs by removing particles from inhaled air. The client is already infectious and does not require protection from inhaled air. Educational objective: While away from the negative-pressure isolation room, all clients on airborne transmission-based precautions must wear a surgical mask to contain exhaled respiratory secretions.

The Nurse Caring for a Client with Tuberculosis (TB) Transports