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When wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), the surgical staff protects _____.

Sterile personnel should stand _____ the immediate area of the sterile field.

Which of the following is considered a break in sterile technique?

Scrub technique ends _____.

Protective eyewear must be worn _____.

____ cannot be sterilized, but the use of certain antiseptics along with standardized scrub techniques reduces the number of microbes and may produce continuous antimicrobial action.

An unsterile person _____ look at sterile areas when approaching them.

As a nonsterile person approaches a sterile person, the sterile person _____ the nonsterile person.

When opening sterile supplies and instruments, where should the gown and gloves for the scrub person be opened?  Select the best answer.

When performing the closed-gloving technique, how is the first glove positioned in order to don it (put it on) without contamination?