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The nurse caring for a post-surgical child who had a repair of a cleft lip will clean the suture line by:
 
  a. Gently washing the sutures with soap and warm water
  b. Carefully removing the crusty exudate with a moist cotton-tipped applicator
  c. Applying a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide and blotting with a cotton ball
  d. Rinsing with sterile saline and blotting dry with a gauze pad
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The suture line of a cleft lip repair should be cleaned using sterile saline to loosen the crusts and blotting dry with a gauze pad.
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