[Expert Solution]: A patient assigned for morning care has an…

A patient assigned for morning care has an open wound on her left lower leg. The wound is draining and when last cultured, the microorganism MRSA was identified. In preparation for bedmaking, hands of the nurse were washed, Clean linen and a bag for soiled linen were gathered from the linen room and placed on the patient’s clean bedside stand. To remove the soiled linen from the bed, the following procedure was followed: 1. Hands washed 2. Gloves worn 3. Each side of the soiled linen ends folded towards the middle of the bed 4. Soiled linen held away from the nurse’s clean uniform 5. Soiled linen placed in the linen bag for later discard 6. Protective gloves removed 7. Handswashed The nurse applied principles of medical asepsis and standard precautions with the use of body substance isolation to contain the infectious organism at many points in the chain of infection.