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Title: A nurse is preparing to place a urinary catheter prior to surgery into a client. Which technique is ...
Post by: Mickeyy28 on Jan 19, 2018
A nurse is preparing to place a urinary catheter prior to surgery into a client. Which technique is appropriate for the procedure?
 
  A) Clean technique
  B) Disinfection
  C) Medical asepsis
  D) Surgical asepsis


Title: A nurse is preparing to place a urinary catheter prior to surgery into a client. Which technique is ...
Post by: Mrs.malauulu94 on Jan 19, 2018
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The bladder is normally considered sterile, even though it is open to the outside and surgical asepsis is indicated for this procedure. The purpose of maintaining clean technique or medical asepsis is to prevent the spread of disease from one person to another. Disinfection is a process that results in the destruction of most pathogens, but not necessarily their spores.