Abstract
Your practice nurse has accidentally knocked over a mercury sphygmomanometer that was on sitting on top of an old cupboard in the treatment room. Mercury has spilled on to the desk and the floor.
Which ONE of the following statements is the SINGLE MOST appropriate advice to give to your practice nurse? Select ONE option only.
After swallowing small amounts of elemental mercury, very little enters the body Any remaining mercury in the sphygmomanometer can safely be disposed of down the sink with warm water Clean the affected desk area with bleach Mercury is carcinogenic Vacuum the affected floor area
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