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문제
A nurse is preparing to change a sterile dressing on a patient's surgical wound. During the procedure, the nurse accidentally touches the outer wrapper of a sterile gauze package with contaminated gloves. What is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?
1Continue with the procedure since only the outer wrapper was touched
2Remove the contaminated gloves, perform hand hygiene, and don new sterile gloves before continuing✓ 정답
3Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer on the gloves and continue the procedure
4Complete the current dressing change and document the contamination incident
해설
When contaminated gloves touch sterile supplies, the sterile field is compromised. The nurse must remove gloves, perform hand hygiene, and don new sterile gloves to maintain asepsis and prevent infection.