A nurse is coaching a student on the proper method of applying surgical gloves. One step in the proper donning of sterile gloves requires the nurse to:
A. grasp the inside of one gloved hand with the other gloved hand.
B. tuck the glove under the wrist of the sterile gown with fingers of the bare hand.
C. grasp the outside of the cuff with the nongloved hand to adjust the fit.
D. carefully pull the glove over the dominant hand, leaving a cuff and being sure the cuff does not roll up over the wrist.
D
If you grasp the inside of the gloved hand with the other gloved hand, you have contaminated the original gloved hand. Tucking the glove under the sterile gown contaminates the glove because under the sterile gown is not considered sterile. Grasping the outside of the cuff (sterile) with a nongloved hand contaminates the sterile glove.
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