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AORN Periop 101 Final Exam Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Number of ventilation exchanges for an individual or - ✔️✔️correct-20 per hour with 4
exchanges from outdoor air
Humidity range for an individual or - ✔️✔️correct-20-60%
Tempurature range for an individual or - ✔️✔️correct-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 - ✔️✔️correct-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) -
✔️✔️correct-synthetic absorbable suture
Silk
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Surgical cotton (weakest; gains strength when wet)
Linen
Stainless steel (used for closure of sternum, retention suture, secondary repair, resp
tract, ortho, neurosurgery) - ✔️✔️correct-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) - ✔️✔️correct-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 - ✔️✔️correct-class i-clean wounds
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-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 - ✔️✔️correct-
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 - ✔️✔️correct-class iii-contaminated wounds
-old, traumatic wounds with devitalized tissue, perforated viscera, delayed primary
wound closure
-ex. Incision and drainage, total evisceration, perforated viscera - ✔️✔️correct-class iv-
dirty wounds
Purpose of standardized nursing language such as pnds - ✔️✔️correct-maintain pt safety,
infection control, and management of supply cost
Plan of care
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