FISDAP AIRWAY EXAM UPDATED
PRACTICE SOLUTION SET 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Asepsis.
Answer: absence of significant contamination
◉ medical asepsis.
Answer: practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens; synonym for clean technique
◉ surgical asepsis.
Answer: techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms, also called
sterile technique
◉ what is medical asepsis aka?.
Answer: clean technique
◉ When to perform hand hygiene.
Answer: - before caring for patient
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after patient procedures, eating and using the br
,◉ When hands are not visibly soiled.
Answer: use alcohol based hand rub, 60%
◉ surgical asepsis guidelines (sterile technique).
Answer: ~sterile object must only touch sterile objects
~nonsterile object must only touch nonsterile objects
~if there is doubt about the sterility of an object, it is consiered
contaminated
~ only use essential staff when doing a sterile procedure
~sterile persons should not lean over a nonsterile area
~ the gown of a sterile person is considered sterile waist up on the front
~ never leave a sterile field unattended
~ a sterile field that has been exposed to open air for a considerable
amount of time is contaminated
~ the edges of a contaminated field and anything below waist level are
considered contaminated
◉ Steps for opening sterile packaging:.
Answer: 1 gather all supplies, check expiration dates, and determine the
integrity of the packaging
2 place the package on the work surface
3 gently use fingertips to open the outer folded edge
4 open the flap away from your body by extending your arm as far away
from the package as possible
, 5 using your fingertips, grasp the outside surface of one of the side flaps
6 gently do the same with the opposite side flap
7 pull the last flap toward you
◉ cough etiquette.
Answer: Cover your nose/mouth with a tissue when you cough, and
promptly dispose of the contaminated tissue.
Place a surgical mask on a patient if it does not compromise respiratory
function or is applicable; this may not be feasible in pediatric
populations.
Perform hand hygiene after contact with contaminated respiratory
secretions
Maintain spatial separation greater than 3 feet (0.9 meters) from persons
with respiratory infection
◉ Six links in the chain of infection.
Answer: 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
◉ Standard Precautions.
PRACTICE SOLUTION SET 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Asepsis.
Answer: absence of significant contamination
◉ medical asepsis.
Answer: practices designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens; synonym for clean technique
◉ surgical asepsis.
Answer: techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms, also called
sterile technique
◉ what is medical asepsis aka?.
Answer: clean technique
◉ When to perform hand hygiene.
Answer: - before caring for patient
- after contact with bodily fluids
- before and after patient procedures, eating and using the br
,◉ When hands are not visibly soiled.
Answer: use alcohol based hand rub, 60%
◉ surgical asepsis guidelines (sterile technique).
Answer: ~sterile object must only touch sterile objects
~nonsterile object must only touch nonsterile objects
~if there is doubt about the sterility of an object, it is consiered
contaminated
~ only use essential staff when doing a sterile procedure
~sterile persons should not lean over a nonsterile area
~ the gown of a sterile person is considered sterile waist up on the front
~ never leave a sterile field unattended
~ a sterile field that has been exposed to open air for a considerable
amount of time is contaminated
~ the edges of a contaminated field and anything below waist level are
considered contaminated
◉ Steps for opening sterile packaging:.
Answer: 1 gather all supplies, check expiration dates, and determine the
integrity of the packaging
2 place the package on the work surface
3 gently use fingertips to open the outer folded edge
4 open the flap away from your body by extending your arm as far away
from the package as possible
, 5 using your fingertips, grasp the outside surface of one of the side flaps
6 gently do the same with the opposite side flap
7 pull the last flap toward you
◉ cough etiquette.
Answer: Cover your nose/mouth with a tissue when you cough, and
promptly dispose of the contaminated tissue.
Place a surgical mask on a patient if it does not compromise respiratory
function or is applicable; this may not be feasible in pediatric
populations.
Perform hand hygiene after contact with contaminated respiratory
secretions
Maintain spatial separation greater than 3 feet (0.9 meters) from persons
with respiratory infection
◉ Six links in the chain of infection.
Answer: 1. Infectious Agent
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of Exit
4. Mode of Transmission
5. Portal of Entry
6. Susceptible Host
◉ Standard Precautions.
