AORN Periop 101 Final Exam
(2026) UPDATE Verified Questions
And Answers
Number of ventilation exchanges for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
20 per hour with 4 exchanges from outdoor air
Qs
Humidity range for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
20-60%
Qs
Tempurature range for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
68-75 degrees fahrenheit
20-24 degrees celsius
Qs
This loses pliability if dried out
Open over small basin
Surgical gut (plain or chromic) and collagen - n
ANS ✔✔
Natural absorbable suture
Qs
Maxon
Monocryl
Vicryl
Dexon
,Pds & pds ii
Do not soak or dip in water (this causes hydrolysis and reduction of tensile strength) - n
ANS ✔✔
Synthetic absorbable suture
Qs
Silk
Surgical cotton (weakest; gains strength when wet)
Linen
Stainless steel (used for closure of sternum, retention suture, secondary repair, resp
tract, ortho, neurosurgery) - n
ANS ✔✔
Natural nonabsorbable suture
Qs
Nylon suture
-monofilament (ethilon & dermalon)
-coated (surgilon)
-uncoated (neurolon)
Polyester fiber suture
-coated (ticron, ethibond, teflon)
-uncoated (mersilene & dacron)
Polypropylene (prolene & surgilene)
Polybutester (novafil)
Poly ethylene (dermalene) - n
ANS ✔✔
Synthetic nonabsorbable suture
, Qs
-no inflammation
-resp, ailmentary, and gu tracts not entered
-ex. Eye surgery, hernia repairs, breast surgery, nontraumatic neuro & ortho surgery,
cardiac, or peripheral vascular surgery - n
ANS ✔✔
Class i-clean wounds
Qs
-resp, ailmentary, or gu wounds entered under controlled conditions and without
contamination of surrounding tissue
-no evidence of infection or major break in aseptic technique
-ex. D&c, total hysterectomy, gastrectomy, chole without spillage, elective appy,
cystoscopy, turp on pt w/ negative urine cultures, sigmoid colon resection - n
ANS ✔✔
Class ii-clean contaminated
Qs
-open, fresh, traumatic wounds
-major break in sterile technique
-gross spillage from gi tract
-incisions with acute nonpurulent inflammation
-ex. Laparotomy w/ significant spillage, traumatic wounds, acute appendicitis or
cholecystitis, compound fractures - n
ANS ✔✔
Class iii-contaminated wounds
Qs
-old, traumatic wounds with devitalized tissue, perforated viscera, delayed primary
wound closure
-ex. Incision and drainage, total evisceration, perforated viscera - n
(2026) UPDATE Verified Questions
And Answers
Number of ventilation exchanges for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
20 per hour with 4 exchanges from outdoor air
Qs
Humidity range for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
20-60%
Qs
Tempurature range for an individual or - n
ANS ✔✔
68-75 degrees fahrenheit
20-24 degrees celsius
Qs
This loses pliability if dried out
Open over small basin
Surgical gut (plain or chromic) and collagen - n
ANS ✔✔
Natural absorbable suture
Qs
Maxon
Monocryl
Vicryl
Dexon
,Pds & pds ii
Do not soak or dip in water (this causes hydrolysis and reduction of tensile strength) - n
ANS ✔✔
Synthetic absorbable suture
Qs
Silk
Surgical cotton (weakest; gains strength when wet)
Linen
Stainless steel (used for closure of sternum, retention suture, secondary repair, resp
tract, ortho, neurosurgery) - n
ANS ✔✔
Natural nonabsorbable suture
Qs
Nylon suture
-monofilament (ethilon & dermalon)
-coated (surgilon)
-uncoated (neurolon)
Polyester fiber suture
-coated (ticron, ethibond, teflon)
-uncoated (mersilene & dacron)
Polypropylene (prolene & surgilene)
Polybutester (novafil)
Poly ethylene (dermalene) - n
ANS ✔✔
Synthetic nonabsorbable suture
, Qs
-no inflammation
-resp, ailmentary, and gu tracts not entered
-ex. Eye surgery, hernia repairs, breast surgery, nontraumatic neuro & ortho surgery,
cardiac, or peripheral vascular surgery - n
ANS ✔✔
Class i-clean wounds
Qs
-resp, ailmentary, or gu wounds entered under controlled conditions and without
contamination of surrounding tissue
-no evidence of infection or major break in aseptic technique
-ex. D&c, total hysterectomy, gastrectomy, chole without spillage, elective appy,
cystoscopy, turp on pt w/ negative urine cultures, sigmoid colon resection - n
ANS ✔✔
Class ii-clean contaminated
Qs
-open, fresh, traumatic wounds
-major break in sterile technique
-gross spillage from gi tract
-incisions with acute nonpurulent inflammation
-ex. Laparotomy w/ significant spillage, traumatic wounds, acute appendicitis or
cholecystitis, compound fractures - n
ANS ✔✔
Class iii-contaminated wounds
Qs
-old, traumatic wounds with devitalized tissue, perforated viscera, delayed primary
wound closure
-ex. Incision and drainage, total evisceration, perforated viscera - n
