Brian arrives at work in the morning and starts prepping food for the restaurant's lunch service. First, he uses a knife to shuck oysters, and then he uses the same knife to shuck clams without washing, ______ , and sanitizing it. Then, he uses a cloth to wipe the surface where he had kept the shellfish. He hangs the cloth to dry instead of.
a. rinsing it
b. washing it
c. heating it
d. reusing it