Veterinary Technician

Answer: E - When a sterile pack becomes wet, the packaging is punctured or torn, it is dropped, or the tape sealing the package is broken, it is considered non-sterile. Wet material may act as a wick pulling bacteria into the pack, contaminates may be introduced through a puncture, and dropping or breaking the seal warrants that the sterility is not to be trusted. The pack should be re-wrapped in dry packaging and re-sterilized.