RN Infection Control and Safety

The nurse is educating a client on meningitis. Which statements would the nurse include in the teaching? Select all that apply.

A. The CDC recommends an initial vaccine at age 6 or upon entering first grade.

B. Immunocompromised clients and older adults are at increased risk of meningitis.

C. Viral meningitis is the most common type; typically, no organisms are isolated from CSF cultures.

D. Young preschool-age children have the highest rates of infection from life-threatening meningococcal infection.

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