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The nurse is assigned to assist a 59-year-old woman who has suffered a stroke and has limited mobility.
 
  The nurse is performing perineal care and understands that the best way to prevent disease transmission to the perineum is that it should be cleaned: a. from the rectal area to the urinary meatus.
  b. from the urinary meatus to the rectal area.
  c. in a circular motion.
  d. only twice a day.
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Perineal care involves thorough cleansing of the patient's external genitalia and surrounding skin. Skin folds may contain body secretions that harbor microorganisms. Wiping front to back reduces chance of transmitting fecal organisms to urinary meatus. Cleaning from the rectal area to the urinary meatus or in a circular motion is incorrect because this will cause cross contamination with urine, drainage or feces.
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