Nurse Troy discovers scabies when assessing a client who has just been transferred to the medical-surgical unit from the day surgery unit. To prevent scabies infection in other clients

Nurse Troy discovers scabies when assessing a client who has just been transferred to the medical-surgical unit from the day surgery unit. To prevent scabies infection in other clients, the nurse should:
a. wash hands, apply a pediculicide to the client’s scalp, and remove any observable mites.
b. isolate the client’s bed linens until the client is no longer infectious.
c. notify the nurse in the day surgery unit of a potential scabies outbreak.
d. place the client on enteric precautions.

Answer B. To prevent the spread of scabies in other hospitalized clients, the nurse should isolate the client’s bed linens until the client is no longer infectious - usually 24 hours after treatment begins.
Other required precautions include using good hand-washing technique and wearing gloves when applying the pediculicide and during all contact with the client.
Although the nurse should notify the nurse in the day surgery unit of the client’s condition, a scabies epidemic is unlikely because scabies is spread through skin or sexual contact.
This client doesn’t require enteric precautions because the mites aren’t found on feces.