A labor and delivery nurse will be participating in a client's emergency caesarean section and intends to apply the principles of surgical asepsis appropriately. Surgical asepsis is most clearly characterized by which of the following?
A) Antibiotics are applied as a preventative measure against infection.
B) The principles of medical asepsis will be applied in a surgical setting.
C) Viral contamination takes precedence over bacterial contamination.
D) Steps are taken to render an item completely free of microorganisms.
D
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Surgical asepsis means those measures that render supplies and equipment totally free of microorganisms. This exceeds the standards of medical asepsis and both viral and bacterial contaminations are vigilantly addressed. Prophylactic antibiotics are not normally a component of surgical asepsis.
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