A Patient Requires a Sterile Dressing Change for a Mid-Abdominal

Multiple Choice

A patient requires a sterile dressing change for a mid-abdominal surgical incision.An appropriate intervention for the nurse to implement in maintaining sterile asepsis is to:

A) put sterile gloves on before opening sterile packages.
B) discard items that may have been in contact with the area below waist level.
C) place the povidone-iodine bottle well within the sterile field.
D) place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape.