Nurses commonly use surgical asepsis in which of the following situations? (Select all that apply.)
a. In labor and delivery areas
b. When inserting an intravenous catheter
c. When treating patients with surgical incisions or burns
d. When inserting a urinary catheter
e. When dressing a MRSA-positive wound
A, B, C, D
Although nurses commonly practice surgical asepsis in operating rooms, labor and delivery areas, and major diagnostic or special procedure areas, they use surgical aseptic techniques at the patient's bedside in three primary situations: (1) during procedures that require intentional perforation of a patient's skin (e.g., insertion of intravenous [IV] catheters), (2) when the skin's integrity is broken as the result of a surgical incision or burns, and (3) during procedures that involve insertion of devices or surgical instruments into normally sterile body cavities (e.g., insertion of a urinary catheter).
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