Jennifer Peoples Is a 41-Year-Old Woman with Suspected Primary Adenocarcinoma

Jennifer Peoples is a 41-year-old woman with suspected primary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid; she is scheduled for total thyroidectomy surgery. How can the scrub person, Joni, a new surgical technologist, participate in using risk reduction strategies in the scrub role?

A) Pay meticulous attention to sterile technique.
B) Provide efficient and expedient hemostatic devices and materials as needed.
C) Maintain sterility of the instruments until the patient leaves the room in the case of need for emergency tracheostomy.
D) All of the options reflect appropriate scrub role risk reduction techniques.