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You are working on skin preparation for a patient and before you know it, you've run...

You are working on skin preparation for a patient and before you know it, you've run out of prep sponges. You see some surgical sponges nearby. Can you use those to finish prep? Why or why not?
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No, I can not use those surgical sponges to finish skin prep under the guidelines of AST Standards of Practice for Skin Prep of the Surgical Patient which directs me to perform the skin prep using proper sterile technique and prohibits me from touching any non-sterile items with sterile gloves, prep solution sponges and paint solution sponge sticks. In this case, rather then using the surgical sponges nearby, I will get a new packet of steriled sponges instead. I will wash my hand again, wear new gloves and perform the remaining skin prep until all sponges have been used.

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