SBB CORE EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔A minipool of 16 donor samples was analyzed for HCV RNA. The test was positive.
Which of the following courses of action would be followed? - ✔✔Test each of the pools
individually or test a smaller pool
✔✔Last week, a school teacher donated an allogeneic unit of whole blood. Upon testing
for HIV antibodies by EIA, one test was reactive and a repeat test was nonreactive.
What should be done with the unit that was donated? - ✔✔Discard the unit and
quarantine any in date units
✔✔What purpose does irradiation serve? - ✔✔Destroys T lymphocytes
✔✔An 18 yr. old girl contracted Babesia after a two week camping trip in NE
Pennsylvania. A blood drive was scheduled at her school 6 mo. later. Should she
donate blood? - ✔✔No, indefinite deferral
✔✔What is the deferral period for donating allogeneic whole blood after an accidental
needle stick? - ✔✔12 months
✔✔A Peace Corp worker spent 2 yrs. in Nigeria. After having been there for only 3 mo,
he was diagnosed with malaria. When may this worker be eligible for blood donation? -
✔✔3 yrs. after becoming asymptomatic
✔✔A male donor comes to donate whole blood, when he shows the tech his arm, the
tech notices track marks. What action should be taken? - ✔✔Document a indefinite
deferral in the donor record
✔✔What is the deferral period for receiving the recombinant HPV vaccine? - ✔✔None
✔✔What is the deferral period for a patient on Plavix? - ✔✔14 days after last dose
✔✔A phlebotomist received Hepatitis B Immune globulin after receiving prophylactic
therapy for an accidental needle stick. Is there a deferral period? - ✔✔12 months
✔✔Is it possible to donate a unit of blood in the US at age 16? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔A pheresis donor donated plasma one day ago. When can this donor give a unit of
whole blood? - ✔✔In 24 hours
✔✔Which hepatitis is associated with a chronic phase? - ✔✔Hepatitis C
GRADED A+
✔✔A minipool of 16 donor samples was analyzed for HCV RNA. The test was positive.
Which of the following courses of action would be followed? - ✔✔Test each of the pools
individually or test a smaller pool
✔✔Last week, a school teacher donated an allogeneic unit of whole blood. Upon testing
for HIV antibodies by EIA, one test was reactive and a repeat test was nonreactive.
What should be done with the unit that was donated? - ✔✔Discard the unit and
quarantine any in date units
✔✔What purpose does irradiation serve? - ✔✔Destroys T lymphocytes
✔✔An 18 yr. old girl contracted Babesia after a two week camping trip in NE
Pennsylvania. A blood drive was scheduled at her school 6 mo. later. Should she
donate blood? - ✔✔No, indefinite deferral
✔✔What is the deferral period for donating allogeneic whole blood after an accidental
needle stick? - ✔✔12 months
✔✔A Peace Corp worker spent 2 yrs. in Nigeria. After having been there for only 3 mo,
he was diagnosed with malaria. When may this worker be eligible for blood donation? -
✔✔3 yrs. after becoming asymptomatic
✔✔A male donor comes to donate whole blood, when he shows the tech his arm, the
tech notices track marks. What action should be taken? - ✔✔Document a indefinite
deferral in the donor record
✔✔What is the deferral period for receiving the recombinant HPV vaccine? - ✔✔None
✔✔What is the deferral period for a patient on Plavix? - ✔✔14 days after last dose
✔✔A phlebotomist received Hepatitis B Immune globulin after receiving prophylactic
therapy for an accidental needle stick. Is there a deferral period? - ✔✔12 months
✔✔Is it possible to donate a unit of blood in the US at age 16? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔A pheresis donor donated plasma one day ago. When can this donor give a unit of
whole blood? - ✔✔In 24 hours
✔✔Which hepatitis is associated with a chronic phase? - ✔✔Hepatitis C
