A patient was burned on the lip with a hot mouth gag. Which of the following actions would have prevented this incident? 1. the circulator cooled the item in the sterilizer 2. the scrub nurse warned the surgeon that the item was hot. 3. the scrub nurse cooled the item in a basin with sterile water. 4 the surgeon had checked the item before using it

A patient was burned on the lip with a hot mouth gag. Which of the following actions would have prevented this incident? 1. the circulator cooled the item in the sterilizer 2. the scrub nurse warned the surgeon that the item was hot. 3. the scrub nurse cooled the item in a basin with sterile water. 4 the surgeon had checked the item before using it

the scrub nurse cooled the item in a basin with sterile water