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HAND-HYGIENE-CLINICAL4 MIN READ

Find the Missed Clean-Zone Breach

Recognize a personal item or shared device as a contamination bridge between patient zones.

A mobile object has entered the patient zone. Find the object or area most likely to carry organisms out of Bed 8 if hand hygiene and cleaning are missed. Smartphone on the over-bed table Correct. A mobile personal or shared device can move contamination from this patient zone to the corridor or another room. Patient call bell near the pillow The call bell is in the patient zone, but it usually stays there. The bigger bridge is the item that travels out. Blood pressure cuff on the chair Shared equipment matters, but in this scene the immediate missed breach is…

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