The Nurse Is Preparing to Take a Viral Culture of a Lesion

The nurse is preparing to take a viral culture of a lesion suspected of being herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) infection. How will the nurse take the culture?

A) Swab the base of the newest lesion or the vesicular fluid, doing so within 7 days of the appearance of new lesions and within 2 days of the appearance of recurrent ones.
B) Scrape a small amount of the lesion tissue with a tongue blade, and apply it to a slide.
C) Use a swab to collect fluid from the center of a lesion that is still weeping, and apply this to a slide.
D) Spray the lesion with ether, collect a specimen, and place it in a collection tube containing ether.