AORN Periop 101 Final Exam. 90 questions and answers

AORN Periop 101 Final Exam
NUMBER OF VENTILATION EXCHANGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR ANS: 20 PER HOUR WITH 4
EXCHANGES FROM OUTDOOR AIR



HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR ANS: 20-60%



TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR 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 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)
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) 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) 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 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 ANS: CLASS II-
CLEAN CONTAMINATED



-OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS