A Patient Requires a Sterile Dressing Change for a Mid-Abdominal

question 7

Multiple Choice

A patient requires a sterile dressing change for a mid-abdominal surgical incision.An appropriate intervention for the nurse to implement in maintaining sterile asepsis is to:

• A)put sterile gloves on before opening sterile packages.
• B)discard items that may have been in contact with the area below waist level.
• C)place the povidone-iodine bottle well within the sterile field.
• D)place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.