The Nurse Is Packing a Patients Abdominal Wound with Sterile $(5 \mathrm{~cm})$

The nurse is packing a patients abdominal wound with sterile, half-inch Iodoform gauze. During the procedure, the nurse drops some of the gauze onto the patients abdomen 2 inches $(5 \mathrm{~cm})$ away from the wound. What should the nurse do?

A) Apply povidone-iodine (Betadine) to that section of the gauze and continue packing the wound.
B) Pick up the gauze and continue packing the wound after irrigating the abdominal wound with Betadine solution.
C) Continue packing the wound and inform the physician that an antibiotic is needed.
D) Discard the gauze packing and repack the wound with new Iodoform gauze.