Which of the following is not a type of dissecting sponge?
a. Peanut
b. Swab, or gauze, sponge
c. Tonsil
d. Kittner
ANS: B
A swab, or gauze, sponge is a prefolded sterile sponge that should not be opened out to single ply and used for blunt dissection because fibers along the edge could become a foreign body in the wound.
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