Which technique should the scrub nurse use to don a sterile gown in the operating room?
1. Open the sterile gown package using aseptic technique.
2. Have the circulating nurse assist with donning the gown.
3. Don the sterile gown by grasping it just outside the collar.
4. Don the sterile gown; then perform a surgical hand scrub.
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2. After performing the surgical scrub, the scrub nurse dries the hands, grasps the ste-rile gown just inside the collar, and has the circulating nurse pull the gown onto the scrub nurse by pulling the arm's inside seams and ties the gown at the neck. After the scrub nurse dons sterile gloves, the circulating nurse assists the scrub nurse in securing the gown around the waist.
1. The scrub nurse contaminates the hands by opening the gown package.
3. The scrub nurse contaminates the gown by grasping its outside.
4. The scrub nurse completes the surgical scrub before donning the sterile gown.
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