The nurse has opened the sterile supplies and donned two sterile gloves to complete a sterile dressing change, a procedure that requires surgiacal asepsis. The nurse must do which of the following?
a. keep splashes on the sterile field to a minimum
b. cover the nose and mouth with gloved hands if a sneeze is imminent
c. Use forceps soaked in a disinfectant
d. consider the outer 1 inch of the field as contaminated
Ans: d. consider the outer 1 inch of the field as contaminated
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