CTBS Final Test Questions and Answers, Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+)

CTBS Final Test Questions and Answers, Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) The document of authorization must contain the following EXCEPT - Authorizing person's signature - Donation coordinator's mailing address - Donation coordinator's signature - Documentation that the CORE Elements were used - correct answerDonation coordinator's mailing address The following information should be provided to an authorizing person EXCEPT: - A general description of the recovery - An explanation that costs directly related to the evaluation, recovery, preservation, and placement of the tissues will not be charged to the family - An explanation regarding the impact the donation process may have on burial arrangements and on appearance of the donor's body - An explanation that the document of authorization is not available - correct answerAn explanation that the document of authorization is not available Prior to initiation of tissue recovery, collection, or acquisition, the potential donor's identification shall be verified. Sources of the verification information can include: - Government issued identification with photograph - Medical Examiner number - Hospital wristband - All of the above - correct answerAll of the above All of the following are relevant medical records that shall be reviewed by the Medical Director or licensed physician designee EXCEPT CTBS Final Test Questions and Answers, Latest Updated 2024/2025 (Graded A+) - Tissue recovery instrument sterilization validations - Any plasma dilution calculations used to determine the acceptability of the blood sample used for testing - All relevant culture results up to and through the completion of processing - Pertinent circumstantial and donor screening information relayed to tissue bank staff - correct answerTissue recovery instrument sterilization validations Persons who have ____ for a non-medical reason, including intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injections are excluded from donation. - Ever injected drugs - Injected drugs within the preceding five years - Injected drugs within the preceding ten years - Injected drugs within the preceding twelve months - correct answerInjected drugs within the preceding five years Persons who lived cumulatively for ____ or more in Europe from 1980 until the present (note this criterion includes time spend in the U.K. from 1980 through 1996) are persons determined to be at risk for variant CJD (vCJD). - Three months - Six months - Ten years - Five years - correct answerFive years Choose the correct anatomic terms of direction when observing the body from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet: - Superior/Inferior - Proximal/Distal - Medial/Lateral - Anterior/Posterior - correct answerSuperior/Inferior Which tendon attaches itself on the underside of the foot? - Peroneus Longus - Gracilis - Semitendinosus - Achilles - correct answerPeroneus Longus All human tissue processed or shipped prior to the determination of donor eligibility - Must be under quarantine, accompanied by records assuring identification of the donor and indicating that the tissue has not been determined to be suitable for transplantation. - Should be kept in your office, accompanied by records assuring identification of the donor and indicating that the tissue has not been determined eligible. - Must be kept at required temperature per tissue type. - Shall be kept with all other donors recovered that day, accompanied by records indicating that the tissue has not been determined to be suitable for transplantation - correct answerMust be under quarantine, accompanied by records assuring identification of the donor and indicating that the tissue has not been determined to be suitable for transplantation. The difference between physical examination vs. physical assessment is - One can only be completed by a doctor - One can only be completed in the recovery site - The physical assessment is completed on a living donor while the examination refers to a deceased donor - The physical assessments is completed on a deceased donor while the examination refers to a living donor. - correct answerThe physical assessments is completed on a deceased donor while the examination refers to a living donor The 2021 CTBS examination covers which of the following topics - Birth tissue - NADO Standards - Reproductive Tissue Standards - Requirement for organ donation - correct answerBirth tissue Tissue banks wishing to implement practices differing from AATB Standards for Tissue Banking must: - request a deferment. - request a Variance to Standards. - request a deviation. - submit a non-conformity. - correct answerrequest a Variance to Standards. Applications for renewal of AATB Accreditation by an AATB Accredited Tissue Establishment must be submitted: - 12 months prior to the date of expiration - by the date of expiration. - 9 months prior to the date of expiration. - 6 months prior to the date of expiration. - correct answer9 months prior to the date of expiration. The senior employee of a tissue establishment who has the authority to make changes to the tissue bank's policy and quality system is the: - the Medical Director - the President/CEO - Director/Manager of Tissue Operations - Management with Executive Responsibility - correct answerManagement with Executive Responsibility Employee training shall be: - Conducted by the Medical Director. - Documented in a staff sign-in sheet. - Completed by a Certified Tissue Bank Specialist. - Documented in the employee's training file. - correct answerDocumented in the employee's training file. The qualification of a recovery site requires each of the following EXCEPT: - Sufficient lighting - Proper ventilation - The site is a hospital OR - The ability to dispose of biohazard waste - correct answerThe site is a hospital OR Quality assurance staff must: - Observe tissue recoveries. - Hold a certification in quality. - Write and update all SOPMs. - Assure compliance with all SOPMs. - correct answerAssure compliance with all SOPMs. Drapes used to isolate recovery sites during the tissue recovery must be - Aseptic - Opened by two people - Sterile - Antiseptic - correct answerSterile Individuals who are considered sterile and have appropriate surgical attire should pass each-other - Front-to-front - Quickly - Back-to-back - Using social distancing - correct answerBack-to-back Why is aseptic/sterile technique so important? - It preserves the gift of donation. - It shows respect for the donor. - It demonstrate a level of professionalism within the medical community. - All of the above. - correct answerAll of the above. Tissue recovery is considered - a sterile procedure, - an aseptic procedure. - a non-surgical procedure. - a minimally invasive procedure. - correct answeran aseptic procedure. Which is the following statements is true about the surgical scrub? - The scrub should be done as quickly as possible. - The scrub can still be completed if the practitioner has an open cut. - The scrub should stop at the elbow. - The scrub should go 1-2 inches above the elbow. - correct answerThe scrub should go 1-2 inches above the elbow. Sterile persons must change gloves - As frequently as possible. - Between every tissue. - Between recovery zones. - Once per donor. - correct answerBetween recovery zones According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking, which of the following is true for reconstruction? - You must comply with the preferences of the funeral home. - Wooden prosthetics should be used. - Autopsy incisions should not be closed. - All incisions, including autopsy incisions, shall be closed in an aesthetic fashion. - correct answerAll incisions, including autopsy incisions, shall be closed in an aesthetic fashion. Aseptic tissue recovery is completed in ____________ to reduce the potential for cross contamination. - sequence - quickly - the operating room - zones - correct answerzones You are completing an MS tissue recovery and your donor was involved in a traumatic event resulting in multiple abrasions. Some abrasions are noted to the medial aspect of the right lower extremity. What should you do? - Defer the tissues from that side. - Proceed as normal because there are no lacerations. - Recover tissues below the abrasion. - Prep and drape the site and modify your incision to avoid the area. - correct answerPrep and drape the site and modify your incision to avoid the area. Split, or partial-partial thickness, skin is recovered using a - dermatome. - scalpel. - osteotome. - forceps. - correct answerdermatome. You are recovering skin from an authorized donor and note multiple tattoos covering the recovery zone. What should you do? - Move forward with the recovery. The processor can decide if the skin is suitable. - Defer the skin. - Move forward if the tattoos are on the DRAI. - Confirm tattoos were professionally done. - correct answerDefer the skin. AATB Standards for Tissue Banking define requirements for skin recovery EXCLUDING: - Packaging - Rinsing - Culturing - Graft thickness - correct answerGraft thickness Which anatomical landmark denotes the point at which the recovery of the great saphenous vein should stop? - The medial malleolus - The vascular junction - The saphenofemoral junction - Conjunction junction - correct answerThe saphenofemoral junction What recovery method should be used when recovering the saphenous vein? - You should only use a scalpel. - Combined blunt and sharp dissection. - Blunt dissection only. - You should only use scissors. - correct answerCombined blunt and sharp dissection. To reduce the chance of contamination, which of the following actions should be taken during the recovery of heart-for-valves? - The lungs should be isolated away from the heart using sterile supplies. - The heart should always be recovered before other tissues. - A mid-line incision should be used. - The pulmonary arteries should be dissected before isolating the aorta. - correct answerThe lungs should be isolated away from the heart using sterile supplies. In the United States, which agency provides regulatory oversight of tissue banking? - AATB - OSHA - DHHS - FDA - correct answerFDA Donor eligibility criteria shall be established by the: - Executive leadership. EMAIL ME: For help with report, Assignment, Essay and thesis writing. - AOC. - Recovery organization's medical director. - The medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant. - correct answerThe medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant. Heart for valve donors shall be evaluated for risk of: - Chagas. - Pulmonary embolisms - Coronary artery disease. - Signs of myocardial infarctions. - correct answerChagas. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking, the age limit for a deceased tissue donor is: - 100 - 65 - Dependent on the weight of the donor. - At the discretion of the tissue bank's medical director. - correct answerAt the discretion of the tissue bank's medical director. You have been assigned to complete the heart for valve recovery on a 20-day old donor. The blood sample for infectious disease testing must be collected from: - the donor. - the donor's mother if the baby was being breastfed. - the donor's mother. - the donor's mother if there is no ante-mortem sample from the donor. - correct answerthe donor's mother The donor risk assessment interview (DRAI) should be completed with the: - significant other/spouse. - legal next-of-kin. - primary care physician. - most knowledgeable person. - correct answermost knowledgeable person You are currently completing the DRAI on a potential donor. The historian stated that the potential donor used heroin four years ago. What must be clarified before moving forward with the case? - The route of drug use. (e.g., ingested, snorter, smoked, injected.) - if the individual had an infectious disease testing panel ran in the last year. - if heroin was used at the time of death. - if the potential donor had ever been charged with drug possession. - correct answerThe route of drug use. (e.g., ingested, snorter, smoked, injected.) You are completing the DRAI and learn that the potential donor lived with a relative who was HIV positive at the time of death. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking you must - Proceed with the case if there was no physical or sexual interaction between the two individuals. - Confirm if the potential donor had recently had an infectious panel ran. - Defer the case. - Proceed with the case if the donor was being treated with antiviral medications. - correct answerDefer the case. While completing the DRAI, the historian mentioned the potential donor was not allowed to donate blood but they were unsure why. They answered no to all high-risk questions and there are no other potential historians. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking, what should you do? - Move forward because there were no concerning high risk questions. - Move forward because blood banking has very different criteria than tissue banking. - Move forward is there is going to be an autopsy. - Defer the case. - correct answerDefer the case. Relevant medical records may include which of the following: - Infectious disease testing. - Emergency services report. - The autopsy report. - All of the above. - correct answerAll of the above. You are completing the medical record review of a potential donor that passed after an extended hospital admission. The donor had blood cultures ran 12 hours before the time of death and the outcomes are pending. What should you do? - Defer the case due to unknown culture results. - Wait to move forward until the cultures are finalized. - Move forward based on the review of available relevant medical records. - Screen based on blood cultures ran the week prior. - correct answerMove forward based on the review of available relevant medical records. What document must be included in the donor record if no third-party records are available? - A signed document confirming no hospital records were generated. - A copy of all referral notes.