What action exemplifies a nurse practicing medical asepsis in performing daily care?
a. Lifting a sterile swab from a sterile field
b. Using disposable sterile gowns
c. Washing hands for 5 minutes between patients
d. Keeping bed linens off the floor
ANS: D
Keeping the bed linens off the floor is an example of medical asepsis; all other options are examples of surgical asepsis.
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