26. Apatent care technician is caring for a patient who has dentures The technician should take which of the27. A pationt care tochnician is porforming a venipunicture on a patient and sustains a noodlestick injury Which ot theianCERTIFIED PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN/ASSISTANT (CPCT/Aactions?A Removing the upper dentures fiestB. Placing the dentures in hot waterC. Placing the dentures in a diuted bleach solutionD. Brushing the dentures prior to removalutains a neA Ank the patient if they are infected with any bloodborne pathogensB. Report to OSHA and request preventative measures and further directivesC. Contact the supervisor and document the incident.D. Call the provider to report the neediestick exposure.folowing actions should the technician take?28 Which of the following patient identotiers can be used to comectly identity a patient in accordance with TheCommission's National Patient Salety Goals?A Room numberB Assigned ID numberC. Physical locationD.Finst and last initial29. A patient care technician is entering the room of a pationt who has influenza. Which of the folowing precausshould the technician use?A AirbomeB. DropletC.ContactD.Neutropenic30. A patient care technician shouid identity that a patient's use of an incentive spirometer after surgery assists wwhich of the following?A Preventing abdominal complicationsB. Preventing cramps in the legsC. Preventing pulmonary complicationsD.Preventing biood clots in the legs31. A patient care technician is performing venipuncture on a patient. Which of the following two acceptable patientidentifiers must be verified to ensure that the technician has the correct patient?A. The patient's name and diagnosisB. The patient's full name and date of birthC. The patient's room number and locationD. The patient's medical record number and home address32. A patient care technician is caring for a patient who has undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy. The patienthas just returned to her hospital room from the recovery room. Which of the following actions should the techniciantake?A. Have the patlent use a pillow while doing coughing and deep-breathing exercises.B. Teach the patient to change her dressing every 2 he.C. Ask the patient to let staff know when she is ready for her first sitz bath.D.Check the patient's vital signs and pulse oximetry once per shift.Tchnelogies , ucPAGE 6

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