An OR Nurse Is Participating in an Interdisciplinary Audit of Infection

An OR nurse is participating in an interdisciplinary audit of infection control practices in the surgical department. The nurse should know that a basic guideline for maintaining surgical asepsis is what?

A) Sterile surfaces or articles may touch other sterile surfaces.
B) Sterile supplies can be used on another patient if the packages are intact.
C) The outer lip of a sterile solution is considered sterile.
D) The scrub nurse may pour a sterile solution from a nonsterile bottle.