The concept of standard precautions assumes that:
A. only blood, semen, and vaginal secretions can transmit communicable diseases to health care providers.
B. patients with bloodborne diseases such as HIV or hepatitis B can transmit the disease by coughing.
C. every patient is potentially infected or can spread an organism that could be transmitted in the health care setting.
D. a patient is not capable of transmitting a communicable disease unless he or she is coughing or sneezing.
Ans: C. every patient is potentially infected or can spread an organism that could be transmitted in the health care setting.
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