The nurse is supervising the care of the patient who suffered an embolic stroke of the right middle cerebral artery after a clot formed on the patient’s prosthetic mitral valve. Which instruction does the nurse provide to the unlicensed assistive personnel that will be most important to prevent bacterial endocarditis?
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