AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study Guide with Questions and
Answers
Number of ventilation exchanges for an individual or - (answers)20 per hour with 4
exchanges from outdoor air
Humidity range for an individual or - (answers)20-60%
Tempurature range for an individual or - (answers)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 - (answers)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)
- (answers)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) - (answers)natural nonabsorbable suture
Nylon suture
-monofilament (ethilon & dermalon)
-coated (surgilon)
, AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study Guide with Questions and
Answers
-uncoated (neurolon)
Polyester fiber suture
-coated (ticron, ethibond, teflon)
-uncoated (mersilene & dacron)
Polypropylene (prolene & surgilene)
Polybutester (novafil)
Poly ethylene (dermalene) - (answers)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 - (answers)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 -
(answers)class ii-clean contaminated
-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 - (answers)class iii-contaminated wounds
-old, traumatic wounds with devitalized tissue, perforated viscera, delayed primary
Answers
Number of ventilation exchanges for an individual or - (answers)20 per hour with 4
exchanges from outdoor air
Humidity range for an individual or - (answers)20-60%
Tempurature range for an individual or - (answers)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 - (answers)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)
- (answers)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) - (answers)natural nonabsorbable suture
Nylon suture
-monofilament (ethilon & dermalon)
-coated (surgilon)
, AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study Guide with Questions and
Answers
-uncoated (neurolon)
Polyester fiber suture
-coated (ticron, ethibond, teflon)
-uncoated (mersilene & dacron)
Polypropylene (prolene & surgilene)
Polybutester (novafil)
Poly ethylene (dermalene) - (answers)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 - (answers)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 -
(answers)class ii-clean contaminated
-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 - (answers)class iii-contaminated wounds
-old, traumatic wounds with devitalized tissue, perforated viscera, delayed primary
