Select the nursing activity that would reduce the impact of an extrinsic factor that could cause a pressure injury to the patient.
A) Assisting the anesthesia provider with checking and hanging albumin before anesthesia induction
B) Washing the patient's back, heels, scapulae, and elbows with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) wipes before transfer to the OR bed
C) Fluffing the surface of the OR bed with warm bath blankets and egg crate foam before patient transfer to the OR bed
D) Removing all but one layer of linen from the dry polymer elastomer gel mattress surface of the OR bed before patient transfer
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