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
-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 Ans- CLASS III-CONTAMINATED WOUNDS