Chapter Com, Problem 74SFT

The term meaning pain in a nerve or nerves is ________________________________.

When treating a bloody wound, the caregiver is required to wear protective gloves. Discuss the possible reasons for this. Is this step taken to protect the patient against diseases on the caregivers hands? Is this step required to protect the caregiver from a bloodborne disease that the patient might have?

Discuss what might happen in a school if a cafeteria worker has a food-borne disease and after a trip to the lavatory does not wash his or her hands. Instead, the worker goes right back to work without putting on glovespreparing salads and putting out fresh fruit for lunch.