AORN Practice Test 2024 with Complete Solution

AORN Practice Test 2024 with Complete Solution 3 zones of the O.R. - Answer ️️ -1) unrestricted zone 2) semi-restricted zone 3) restricted zone Temp range in the restricted zone - Answer ️️ -68-75 degrees Fahrenheit Number of air exchanges per hour in the restricted zone - Answer ️️ -20 exchanges (under positive pressure) Nursing goals & intervention strategies are part of which phase of the nursing process - Answer ️️ -Outcome identification Data collection is part of which phase in the nursing process - Answer ️️ -Assessment 4 steps of Universal Protocol are - Answer ️️ -1) Patient participation 2) identifying the patient 3) marking the site 4) time-out 3 types of errors - Answer ️️ -1) Skill-based 2) Situational 3) Knowledge-based 3 principal elements required for an infection to occur - Answer ️️ -1) a source or reservoir 2) susceptible host 3) method of transmission Peri-op personnel precautions for the spread of airborne infections include - Answer ️️ --taking the pt from the airborne iso room to surgery & then directly back to the room - wearing PPE - using an airborne iso room - wearing a N95 or higher Foundation of SSI prevention is - Answer ️️ -Sterile technique Health care workers should be immunized with - Answer ️️ --Hep B -seasonal influenza -varicella OSHA requires health care personnel to wear what to prevent potential infectious materials from occuring - Answer ️️ --mask - eye protection - gloves immunizations & testing for health care workers don't include - Answer ️️ -shingles whose in charge of obtaining informed consent - Answer ️️ -Physicians Surgical Conscience - Answer ️️ -consider items of doubtful sterility to be contaminated Sterile - Answer ️️ -the absence of all living microorganisms Aseptic - Answer ️️ -the absence of all PATHOGENIC microorganisms When is 'closed' assisted gloving used - Answer ️️ -When gloving other team members during initial gowning & gloving Spaulding Classification System - Answer ️️ -1) Critical 2) Semicritical 3) Noncritical When should pre-op antibiotics be given - Answer ️️ -60 mins before the start of the procedure Process of Sterilization - Answer ️️ -1) Cleaning 2) Decontamination 3) Assembly 4) Packaging 5) Sterilization 6) Storage 7) Transportation What is the single most important step in making a medical device ready for reuse - Answer ️️ -CLEANING 4 parameters that affect steam sterilization - Answer ️️ -1) saturation 2) pressure 3) temp 4) time True or false; paracetic acid sterilization can be done on all surgical items - Answer ️️ -FALSE What does biological monitoring document - Answer ️️ -the efficacy of specific sterilization cycles; NOT the sterility of an item What type of sterilization is carcinogenic & mutagenic to personnel & patients - Answer ️️ - Ethylene oxide In order for peracetic acid to be use on surgical items they must be...? - Answer ️️ -Immersible What does indicator measure - Answer ️️ --tem