Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Wanda is a medical assistant and the newest employee of your healthcare team. You notice that she does not wash her hands in between patients. From your microbiology background, you understand that microbes are not visible with the naked eye. As the only nurse in your small medical office, you take it upon yourself to educate Wanda on the importance of aseptic techniques.
-Aseptic techniques aim to reduce the number of microbes in medical settings,thus preventing wound infection and disease.These techniques were first introduced in a surgical setting by

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  Wanda is a medical assistant and the newest employee of your healthcare team. You notice that she does not wash her hands in between patients. From your microbiology background, you understand that microbes are not visible with the naked eye. As the only nurse in your small medical office, you take it upon yourself to educate Wanda on the importance of aseptic techniques. 
-Aseptic techniques aim to reduce the number of microbes in medical settings,thus preventing wound infection and disease.These techniques were first introduced in a surgical setting by

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Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who introduced the concept of antiseptic surgery in 1867 by using carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments and clean wounds, thereby reducing the rate of infection. While Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis advocated for hand washing as a means of preventing childbed fever in obstetrical clinics, this occurred before the development of aseptic techniques in surgery. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Pasteur both contributed to the understanding of microorganisms and their role in disease, but neither is associated specifically with the development of aseptic techniques.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question