A patient informs you that she has a dialysis fistula on her left arm. You would:
A) clean the fistula with alcohol prior to getting a blood pressure on the arm.
B) realize that it is impossible to obtain a blood pressure on the patient.
C) immediately wrap the site with roller gauze.
D) avoid getting a blood pressure on the patient's left arm.
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