The medical assistant must avoid touching a medicine dropper or ointment tube tip to the eye because doing so can cause infection, injure the eye, or ________ the medication.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


contaminate

Touching a dropper or ointment tube tip to the eye can cause infection, injure the eye, or contaminate the medication.

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