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

question 15

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 povidone-iodine bottle well within the sterile field
• D) Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape

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