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Practice Question

A nurse is caring for a client who has a Clostridium difficile infection. Which of the following cleansing agents should the nurse use for hand hygiene?

Answer Choices:

Correct Answer:

Soap and water

Rationale:

🧼Soap and water are essential for physically removing C. difficile spores, which are resistant to alcohol-based hand rubs.

🦠Mechanical friction during proper handwashing dislodges and removes spore-forming bacteria from the skin.

🚫Alcohol-based antiseptics, chlorhexidine, and povidone-iodine lack the efficacy to eliminate resilient bacterial spores.

🤲Hand hygiene with soap and water is mandated by infection control guidelines in cases of spore-forming pathogens like C. difficile.

📌Core Message

Use soap and water to remove spore-forming organisms like C. difficile from the hands.

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  • Category: LPN Nursing Exams
  • Subcategory: ATI Exams (LPN)
  • Domain: MED-SURG Exams (LPN ati)
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