You are taking a used IV pump from a nursing unit to be reprocessed. The nurse tells you not to take it because there is an emergency admission and the patient will need it. Which of the following would be ethically correct?

A) call your department to have a clean pump brought to the unit right away
B) ask the nurse to call another unit for a clean pump
C) wipe the pump with alcohol on the unit and give it to the nurse
D) tell the nurse you will bring another agyer you complete your soiled pick up rounds

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