Ms.Hammond is a student nurse completing a sterile dressing change on her client.Her instructor enters the room and observes Ms.Hammond standing facing her sterile field holding the sterile forceps pointing up.What should her instructor advise her to do next?

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Holding sterile forceps pointing up can compromise sterility by allowing contaminants to drip down onto the sterile field. Therefore, the sterile field is considered contaminated, and Ms. Hammond should set up a new sterile field and start the dressing change over to maintain sterility.

MsHammond Is a Student Nurse Completing a Sterile Dressing Change