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A labor and delivery nurse will be participating in a client's emergency caesarean section and intends to apply the principles of surgical asepsis appropriately. Surgical asepsis is most clearly characterized by which of the following?
 
  A) Antibiotics are applied as a preventative measure against infection.
  B) The principles of medical asepsis will be applied in a surgical setting.
  C) Viral contamination takes precedence over bacterial contamination.
  D) Steps are taken to render an item completely free of microorganisms.

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