TISSUE BANKING SPECIALIST 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Package. Answer: A labeled box, carton, receptacle, or wrapper
containing tissue and may contain one or more containers and
accompanying labeling materials.
◉ Does a package insert go above or below containers. Answer:
Above
◉ What are labeling materials (3). Answer: Package insert, label,
brochure
◉ How many items do ALL packages have? How many additional for
CV?. Answer: 21, 11
◉ error. Answer: A deviation from SOPM, Standards, or applicable
laws or regulations
◉ Accident. Answer: Any occurrence, not associated with a deviation
from SOPs, standards, or applicable laws or regulations, during
donor screening or testing, or tissue recovery, collection or
,acquisition, processing, quarantining, labeling, storage, distribution,
or dispensing that may affect: ●the performance,
●biocompatability, or ●freedom from transmissable pathogens of
the tissue or the ●ability to trace tissue to the donor.
◉ VARIANCE. Answer: A departure from Standards that is PRE-
APPROVED by the AATB Board of Governors PRIOR to
implementation
◉ DEVIATION. Answer: An event that is a departure from a
procedure or normal practice (Can be intentional)
◉ Physical assessment vs. Physical Examination. Answer:
assessment= deceased donor, examination= living donor
◉ Recovery vs. acquisition. Answer: recovery- tissue
(nonreproductive) is obtained from donor
Acquisition- the point after delivery to tissue bank
◉ allogeneic. Answer: Used as an adjective to modify donation,
tissue, donor or recipient when transplantation is intended for a
genetically different person
◉ allograft. Answer: Tissue intended for transplantation into a
genetically different person
,◉ AORTOILIAC GRAFT (C). Answer: The distal segment of the
abdominal aorta including the bifurcation and proximal segments of
both the left and right common iliac arteries
◉ APPROPRIATE MEASURES (R). Answer: Using available resources
to accomplish screening or testing. May be employed If the donor of
reproductive tissue cannot be tested due to death or inability to be
located.
◉ ARTERIAL GRAFT (V). Answer: A segment of peripheral artery
that is recovered, processed and preserved.
◉ ASEPTIC PROCESSING. Answer:
◉ ASEPTIC PROCESSING. Answer: The processing of tissue using
aseptic techniques where tissue, containers and/or devices are
handled in a controlled environment in which the air supply,
materials, equipment and personnel are regulated to prevent
microbial contamination of tissue. There is also aseptic recovery
which is during recovery
◉ AUTOGRAFT (A). Answer: Tissue intended for implantation,
transplantation or infusion into the living donor from whom it was
recovered.
, ◉ AUTOLOGOUS. Answer: Used as an adjective to modify donation,
tissue, donor or recipient when donation is intended only from
him/herself, and transplantation is intended only to him/herself.
◉ BATCH. Answer: A specific quantity of tissue produced according
to a single processing protocol during the same processing cycle
◉ BIOBURDEN. Answer: The number of contaminating organisms
found on a given amount of material.
◉ CARDIAC TISSUE (C) types(4). Answer: valved conduits,
nonvalved conduits, aortoiliac grafts, and patch grafts.
◉ CELLULAR TISSUE (CT). Answer: viable cells that are autologous
or allogeneic, committed or uncommitted, and non-expanded.
◉ CLIENT DEPOSITOR (R). Answer: A person who consents to
collection and/or storage of reproductive tissues for artificial
insemination or assisted reproductive technology procedures for
themself(ves) or a sexually intimate partner; not considered a
reproductive tissue donor
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Package. Answer: A labeled box, carton, receptacle, or wrapper
containing tissue and may contain one or more containers and
accompanying labeling materials.
◉ Does a package insert go above or below containers. Answer:
Above
◉ What are labeling materials (3). Answer: Package insert, label,
brochure
◉ How many items do ALL packages have? How many additional for
CV?. Answer: 21, 11
◉ error. Answer: A deviation from SOPM, Standards, or applicable
laws or regulations
◉ Accident. Answer: Any occurrence, not associated with a deviation
from SOPs, standards, or applicable laws or regulations, during
donor screening or testing, or tissue recovery, collection or
,acquisition, processing, quarantining, labeling, storage, distribution,
or dispensing that may affect: ●the performance,
●biocompatability, or ●freedom from transmissable pathogens of
the tissue or the ●ability to trace tissue to the donor.
◉ VARIANCE. Answer: A departure from Standards that is PRE-
APPROVED by the AATB Board of Governors PRIOR to
implementation
◉ DEVIATION. Answer: An event that is a departure from a
procedure or normal practice (Can be intentional)
◉ Physical assessment vs. Physical Examination. Answer:
assessment= deceased donor, examination= living donor
◉ Recovery vs. acquisition. Answer: recovery- tissue
(nonreproductive) is obtained from donor
Acquisition- the point after delivery to tissue bank
◉ allogeneic. Answer: Used as an adjective to modify donation,
tissue, donor or recipient when transplantation is intended for a
genetically different person
◉ allograft. Answer: Tissue intended for transplantation into a
genetically different person
,◉ AORTOILIAC GRAFT (C). Answer: The distal segment of the
abdominal aorta including the bifurcation and proximal segments of
both the left and right common iliac arteries
◉ APPROPRIATE MEASURES (R). Answer: Using available resources
to accomplish screening or testing. May be employed If the donor of
reproductive tissue cannot be tested due to death or inability to be
located.
◉ ARTERIAL GRAFT (V). Answer: A segment of peripheral artery
that is recovered, processed and preserved.
◉ ASEPTIC PROCESSING. Answer:
◉ ASEPTIC PROCESSING. Answer: The processing of tissue using
aseptic techniques where tissue, containers and/or devices are
handled in a controlled environment in which the air supply,
materials, equipment and personnel are regulated to prevent
microbial contamination of tissue. There is also aseptic recovery
which is during recovery
◉ AUTOGRAFT (A). Answer: Tissue intended for implantation,
transplantation or infusion into the living donor from whom it was
recovered.
, ◉ AUTOLOGOUS. Answer: Used as an adjective to modify donation,
tissue, donor or recipient when donation is intended only from
him/herself, and transplantation is intended only to him/herself.
◉ BATCH. Answer: A specific quantity of tissue produced according
to a single processing protocol during the same processing cycle
◉ BIOBURDEN. Answer: The number of contaminating organisms
found on a given amount of material.
◉ CARDIAC TISSUE (C) types(4). Answer: valved conduits,
nonvalved conduits, aortoiliac grafts, and patch grafts.
◉ CELLULAR TISSUE (CT). Answer: viable cells that are autologous
or allogeneic, committed or uncommitted, and non-expanded.
◉ CLIENT DEPOSITOR (R). Answer: A person who consents to
collection and/or storage of reproductive tissues for artificial
insemination or assisted reproductive technology procedures for
themself(ves) or a sexually intimate partner; not considered a
reproductive tissue donor
