During a dressing change for a postoperative pediatric patient, the nurse accidentally touches a sterile gauze with an ungloved hand. What is the appropriate action?
Infection Control & Patient Safety
Practice Question
During a dressing change for a postoperative pediatric patient, the nurse accidentally touches a sterile gauze with an ungloved hand. What is the appropriate action?
Clinical Practice Question: During a dressing change for a postoperative pediatric patient, the nurse accidentally touches a sterile gauze with an ungloved hand. What is the appropriate action?
- A) Continue with the dressing change
- B) Use the gauze anyway if it looks clean
- C) Discard the contaminated gauze and get a new one
- D) Spray disinfectant on the gauze