Question

______ include a group of infection - prevention practices that apply to all clients regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status in any setting in which healthcare is delivered.
a. universal precautions
b. standard precautions
c. standard practices
d. universal practices

Explanation:

Standard precautions are a set of infection - prevention practices applied to all clients in healthcare settings regardless of their infection status. Universal precautions originally focused mainly on blood - borne pathogens and is an older concept. Standard practices and universal practices are not the correct terms for this concept.

Answer:

B. Standard precautions