The main purpose of surgical hand asepsis is to
A. reduce the chance for contamination of the patient if the gloves become punctured or torn.
B. clean and sterilize the hands before putting on sterile gloves.
C. eliminate allergic reactions on DHCP hands in warm, moist environment beneath the gloves.
D. prevent the contamination of DHCP skin with patient microbes penetrating through unnoticed
pinholes in the gloves used during patient treatment.