When Assisting with a Skin Biopsy of a Patient Suspected

When assisting with a skin biopsy of a patient suspected of having bullous pemphigoid (BP) lesions, what will the practitioner do?

A) Avoid contact with the infected lesions.
B) Elicit a positive Nikolsky sign to confirm the diagnosis.
C) Perform direct immunofluorescence microscopy.
D) Prevent spread of the lesions to other areas of the skin.