When assisting a physician in closing a wound, you accidentally touch the inside of the sterile dressing package with no gloves on. The appropriate step now is to ____.
A. avoid further touching of the inside of the package
B. obtain another unopened sterile dressing
C. hand the dressing to the physician
D. continue to assist the physician without saying anything
E. pour alcohol over the dressing to resterilize it
B. obtain another unopened sterile dressing
Touching the inside of the sterile dressing package without sterile gloves on contaminates the dressing. A new, uncontaminated sterile dressing must be used.
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