The nurse is preparing to transfer a sterile voided urine specimen from the patient's bathroom to the laboratory. What supplies should he or she gather to complete this procedure?
a. Clean gloves, biohazard bag, mask
b. Plastic bag, gown, gloves
c. Sterile gloves, gown, biohazard bag
d. Clean gloves, plastic bag, biohazard label
D
Clean gloves are used even though the specimen is sterile. After the outside of the container is dried, the clean gloves are removed; the specimen container is placed in a plastic bag, and a bio-hazard label is attached if not already printed on the bag. A mask or gown is not needed unless splashing is a possibility, and there is no information in the question about the chance of splash-ing. Sterile gloves are not needed to obtain a sterile voided urine specimen.
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