Health and Safety Infection Control NCLEX RN

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A nurse is preparing a sterile field for a client who is having a central venous catheter placed for IV therapy. Which action reflects a break in the sterile field?

A. The nurse uses sterile gloves to place objects on the sterile field.

B. The nurse stays near the sterile field at all times without turning away from it.

C. The nurse removes a sterile syringe from the sterile field using clean gloves but does not touch the sterile field itself.

D. The nurse opens a syringe, carefully peeling the wrapper away from the syringe without touching it so that it can be removed by a clinician wearing sterile gloves.

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