(Solved): A patient requires a sterile dressing change for a mid-abdominal surgical incision. What interventio ...

A patient requires a sterile dressing change for a mid-abdominal surgical incision. What intervention is most appropriate for the nurse to implement to maintain sterile asepsis?

Discard sterile items that may have been in contact with the area below waist level

Put sterile gloves on before opening packages with sterile supplies inside

Place sterile items on the very edge of the sterile drape

Place normal saline bottle well within the sterile field