Which of the following procedures requires the nurse to practice surgical asepsis?
a. handling or disposing of infectious waste
b. performing noninvasive procedures
c. wound or intravenous site dressing changes
d. tearing down a sterile field
C
Surgical asepsis is the use of sterile technique to eliminate all microorganisms and spores from an object or area and includes surgical hand washing, establishing and maintaining sterile fields, donning surgical garb, and applying sterile gloves. Surgical aseptic technique is used in operating rooms, in labor and delivery, and in preparation and use of a sterile field and equipment for bedside procedures such as inserting a urinary catheter or changing a sterile dressing.
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