A patient informs you that she has a dialysis fistula on her left arm. You would:

A) Clean the fistula with alcohol prior to getting a blood pressure on the arm
B) Realize that it is impossible to obtain a blood pressure on the patient
C) Immediately wrap the site with roller gauze
D) Avoid performing a blood pressure measurement on the patient's left arm

D) Avoid performing a blood pressure measurement on the patient's left arm

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