NAPLEX Question of the Day
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A pharmacist intern is preparing a cefazolin 1 g IVPB in a horizontal laminar airflow workbench (ISO Class 5) located in an ISO Class 7 buffer room. After donning shoe covers, hair cover, face mask, low-lint gown, performing hand hygiene, and donning sterile powder-free gloves, the intern brings supplies into the hood: a 10 mL sterile syringe with 21-gauge needle, a vial of cefazolin, a 50 mL 0.9% sodium chloride minibag, sterile alcohol pads (70% IPA), and sterile low-lint wipes. The LAFW work surface has been disinfected with sterile 70% IPA and allowed to dry. The intern will reconstitute the vial, withdraw the dose, and inject into the minibag while keeping critical sites in first air and avoiding touch contamination.
Which of the following steps is most appropriate to ensure aseptic technique?