AORN PERIOP 101 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
● HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR Answer: 20-60%
● TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR Answer: 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
Answer: 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) Answer:
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) Answer: 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) Answer: 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 Answer: 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 Answer: CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED
● -OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED A+
● HUMIDITY RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR Answer: 20-60%
● TEMPURATURE RANGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR Answer: 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
Answer: 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) Answer:
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) Answer: 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) Answer: 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 Answer: 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 Answer: CLASS II-CLEAN CONTAMINATED
● -OPEN, FRESH, TRAUMATIC WOUNDS
-MAJOR BREAK IN STERILE TECHNIQUE
-GROSS SPILLAGE FROM GI TRACT
-INCISIONS WITH ACUTE NONPURULENT INFLAMMATION
