AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL
EXAM (2026) UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+.
[Document subtitle]
,NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct
ans:20 PER HOUR WITH 4 EXCHANGES FROM OUTDOOR AIR
HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct ans:20-60%
TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct ans:68-75 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN - correct ans:NATURAL
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND REDUCTION
OF TENSILE STRENGTH) - correct ans:SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE SUTURE
SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION SUTURE,
SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO, NEUROSURGERY) - correct
ans:NATURAL NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
, 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) - correct ans:SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE
SUTURE
-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 -
correct ans:CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
-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 - correct ans:CLASS II-CLEAN
CONTAMINATED
EXAM (2026) UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+.
[Document subtitle]
,NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct
ans:20 PER HOUR WITH 4 EXCHANGES FROM OUTDOOR AIR
HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct ans:20-60%
TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR - correct ans:68-75 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT
20-24 DEGREES CELSIUS
THIS LOSES PLIABILITY IF DRIED OUT
OPEN OVER SMALL BASIN
SURGICAL GUT (PLAIN OR CHROMIC) AND COLLAGEN - correct ans:NATURAL
ABSORBABLE SUTURE
MAXON
MONOCRYL
VICRYL
DEXON
PDS & PDS II
DO NOT SOAK OR DIP IN WATER (THIS CAUSES HYDROLYSIS AND REDUCTION
OF TENSILE STRENGTH) - correct ans:SYNTHETIC ABSORBABLE SUTURE
SILK
SURGICAL COTTON (WEAKEST; GAINS STRENGTH WHEN WET)
LINEN
STAINLESS STEEL (USED FOR CLOSURE OF STERNUM, RETENTION SUTURE,
SECONDARY REPAIR, RESP TRACT, ORTHO, NEUROSURGERY) - correct
ans:NATURAL NONABSORBABLE SUTURE
, 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) - correct ans:SYNTHETIC NONABSORBABLE
SUTURE
-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 -
correct ans:CLASS I-CLEAN WOUNDS
-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 - correct ans:CLASS II-CLEAN
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