AORN Perioperative 101 Practice
Exam | Correctly Answered and
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Why is a dispersive pad not required with bipolar ESU?
- Correct Answer - Bipolar surgery passes electricity between two tips on
the instrument completing the circuit.
What is the difference between general hand hygiene and surgical hand
antisepsis?
- Correct Answer - General hand hygiene refers to decontamination of
the hands by hand washing with either an antimicrobial or plain soap and
water, or use of antiseptic hand rub.
Surgical hand antisepsis refers to the antiseptic surgical scrub or
antiseptic hand rub performed before donning sterile attire
preoperatively.
The choice of surgical hand antiseptic scrub agents should follow these
guidelines: (4)
- Correct Answer - -be FDA compliant
-have documented ability to kill organisms immediately upon contact
,-provide antimicrobial persistence to reduce regrowth of microorganisms
-have cumulative effect over time
What is the purpose of the surgical hand scrub? - Correct Answer - •
remove debris and transient microorganisms from the nails, hands, and
forearms;
• reduce the resident microbial count to a minimum; and
• inhibit rapid rebound growth of microorganisms.
What is a fomite? - Correct Answer - an inanimate object or substance,
such as clothing, furniture, or soap that is capable of transmitting
infectious organisms from one individual to another
What is "strike through"? - Correct Answer - organisms on the wet skin
soaking through and contaminating the sterile gown.
If you are doing an initial donning of sterile gown and gloves which
gloving technique do you use? - Correct Answer - Closed gloving
technique
*The scrub person's hands remain inside the gown sleeves and should
not touch the cuff edges.
,In this type of gloving the scrub person's hands slide all the way through
the sleeves and out beyond the cuffs. - Correct Answer - Open gloving
*Used for subsequent gloving and when performing procedures when a
gown is not worn
Why should the closed glove technique NOT be used when changing
one or both gloves? - Correct Answer - Once the hands have passed
through the cuffs they are not sterile
Why is it a best practice to wear one pair of standard thickness gloves
on top of a pair of standard thickness colored gloves? - Correct Answer -
Facilitates the wearer's rapid recognition of perforation in the outer
gloves
Describe the sterile areas of surgical attire: - Correct Answer - -Front of
gown from table/sterile field level to 2 inches below the neck
-Sleeves from 2 inches below elbow to the cuff
-Surgical gloves
Match the types of specimens with their definition
Biopsy
Frozen section
, Cytology
Routine specimen
Culture
A. Specimens that do not require immediate processing by the
pathologist
B. Specimens of tissue or fluid suspected of being infected
C. Tissue is frozen and thinly sliced into sections to be examined under a
microscope by the pathologist
D. Specimens that will be microscopically studied by the pathologist and
may undergo histologic or cytologic analysis
E. Specimens obtained for studying cell biology - Correct Answer -
Biopsy-D
Frozen Section-C
Cytology- E
Routine Specimen-A
Culture- B
____________________ is the retrieval, processing, preserving, and
storing elected human tissue for later transplantation back into the
patient, or into another patient. - Correct Answer - Surgical tissue
banking
Exam | Correctly Answered and
Rated A+ | Latest 2025 Guide
Why is a dispersive pad not required with bipolar ESU?
- Correct Answer - Bipolar surgery passes electricity between two tips on
the instrument completing the circuit.
What is the difference between general hand hygiene and surgical hand
antisepsis?
- Correct Answer - General hand hygiene refers to decontamination of
the hands by hand washing with either an antimicrobial or plain soap and
water, or use of antiseptic hand rub.
Surgical hand antisepsis refers to the antiseptic surgical scrub or
antiseptic hand rub performed before donning sterile attire
preoperatively.
The choice of surgical hand antiseptic scrub agents should follow these
guidelines: (4)
- Correct Answer - -be FDA compliant
-have documented ability to kill organisms immediately upon contact
,-provide antimicrobial persistence to reduce regrowth of microorganisms
-have cumulative effect over time
What is the purpose of the surgical hand scrub? - Correct Answer - •
remove debris and transient microorganisms from the nails, hands, and
forearms;
• reduce the resident microbial count to a minimum; and
• inhibit rapid rebound growth of microorganisms.
What is a fomite? - Correct Answer - an inanimate object or substance,
such as clothing, furniture, or soap that is capable of transmitting
infectious organisms from one individual to another
What is "strike through"? - Correct Answer - organisms on the wet skin
soaking through and contaminating the sterile gown.
If you are doing an initial donning of sterile gown and gloves which
gloving technique do you use? - Correct Answer - Closed gloving
technique
*The scrub person's hands remain inside the gown sleeves and should
not touch the cuff edges.
,In this type of gloving the scrub person's hands slide all the way through
the sleeves and out beyond the cuffs. - Correct Answer - Open gloving
*Used for subsequent gloving and when performing procedures when a
gown is not worn
Why should the closed glove technique NOT be used when changing
one or both gloves? - Correct Answer - Once the hands have passed
through the cuffs they are not sterile
Why is it a best practice to wear one pair of standard thickness gloves
on top of a pair of standard thickness colored gloves? - Correct Answer -
Facilitates the wearer's rapid recognition of perforation in the outer
gloves
Describe the sterile areas of surgical attire: - Correct Answer - -Front of
gown from table/sterile field level to 2 inches below the neck
-Sleeves from 2 inches below elbow to the cuff
-Surgical gloves
Match the types of specimens with their definition
Biopsy
Frozen section
, Cytology
Routine specimen
Culture
A. Specimens that do not require immediate processing by the
pathologist
B. Specimens of tissue or fluid suspected of being infected
C. Tissue is frozen and thinly sliced into sections to be examined under a
microscope by the pathologist
D. Specimens that will be microscopically studied by the pathologist and
may undergo histologic or cytologic analysis
E. Specimens obtained for studying cell biology - Correct Answer -
Biopsy-D
Frozen Section-C
Cytology- E
Routine Specimen-A
Culture- B
____________________ is the retrieval, processing, preserving, and
storing elected human tissue for later transplantation back into the
patient, or into another patient. - Correct Answer - Surgical tissue
banking
