NCLEX-RN® question of the day

A nurse is preparing to change a sterile dressing on a client's surgical wound. Which action by the nurse maintains surgical asepsis?

1. AHolding sterile items at waist level during the procedure
2. BPlacing sterile items on the outer 1-inch border of the sterile field
3. COpening sterile packages by reaching over the sterile field
4. DKeeping hands above the waist and in front of the body