Read the following statement and select the items that best answer the question.A patient who sustained injuries in a car crash is in a hospital ICU. What actions might put this patient at risk for a nosocomial infection?

A central line and surgical incisions can breach the body's normal protective barriers, creating opportunities for infection during a hospital stay. Physical injuries happened in the crash, not as a hospital-acquired exposure, and nurses' hand washing helps prevent nosocomial infections.

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