16. True or false?
Sterile drapes are used to establish a sterile field and include place-
ment of sterile drapes on patients, furniture and equipment in the ster-
ile field.
True. The sterile field extends beyond the patient surgical area and
includes sterile instruments and equipment that must be covered.
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Ms. Rivera (salliejorivera@uh.org) is the director of infection prevention at
University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga.
