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When do doctors need to maintain a sterile field?
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Body invasion: Any time a doctor breaks the outer coats of the body (incision, trocars, access to body cavities or vessels), then a sterile field is advisable to prevent infection of those parts so exposed.
Answered 1/23/2016
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