You enter a room to collect a blood specimen and notice the sign above the bed states "NPO." This means that
A. the patient is a new patient under observation.
B. the patient may not eat or drink anything.
C. you are not to collect blood from either arm.
D. you should have put on isolation PPE.
Answer: B
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