Peggy was admitted to the hospital for congestive heart fail…
Peggy was admitted to the hospital for congestive heart failure. When she was being admitted, the hospital used a cotton swab to test Peggy for the presence of disease and infection. The results showed that Peggy had MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) when she was admitted to the hospital. She stayed in the hospital for three days, during which time she was your patient. You helped her to keep up her strength and walk around the nurse’s station. When she was discharged from the hospital, she was tested again for the presence of disease and infection. The results showed that Peggy had both MRSA and VRE (vancomycin resistant enterococci) when she was discharged from the hospital. When Peggy was a patient in the hospital, there was a brightly colored sign hanging just outside her hospital door that indicated which type of precautions people entering the room should use. Which of the following signs was located outside of Peggy’s room?