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The health care provider has removed the patient's chest tube. The health care provider then covers the site with occlusive petrolatum gauze. What is the purpose of this dressing?
a. To prevent bacteria from entering the chest tube site
b. To stop bleeding more rapidly at the chest tube site
c. To provide more soothing comfort of excoriation at the chest tube site
d. To prevent the entrance of air into the pleural cavity