Question

a nurse is drawing blood for laboratory testing from a client that results in a blood spill on her gloved hand. the client has no documented bloodstream infection. which of the following actions should the nurse take? wash the gloved hands and then throw the gloves away. prepare an incident report to document the event. carefully remove the gloves and follow with hand hygiene ask the provider to order a blood culture to determine the risk of infection.

Explanation:

When there is a blood - spill on gloved hands, the first step is to carefully remove the gloves to prevent any potential self - contamination during glove removal, and then perform hand hygiene to clean the hands thoroughly. Washing gloved hands is not the best practice as it may not effectively clean the hands and can contaminate the sink area. An incident report may be required later but is not the immediate action. Since the client has no documented bloodstream infection, ordering a blood culture is not necessary at this time.

Answer:

C. Carefully remove the gloves and follow with hand hygiene