CERTIFIED PROCUREMENT
TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
,ABO - ANSWERfour main blood types - A, B, AB, and O
Allocation - ANSWERThe process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation
includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs are distributed
in an equitable, ethical and medically sound manner.
Antibody - ANSWERA protein molecule produced by the immune system in response to
a foreign body, such as a virus or a transplanted organ.
Antigen - ANSWERAny substance that causes your immune system to produce
antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the environment such
as chemicals, bacteria, viruses, pollen or foreign tissue.
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) - ANSWERThe non-profit
organization recognized as the national representative of the 58 federally-designed
OPOs
Brain Death - ANSWERIrreversible cessation of cerebral and brain stem functions;
characterized by absence of electrical activity in the brain, blood flow to the brain, and
brain function as determined by clinical assessment of responses.
Circulatory Death - ANSWERDeath defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory
and respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with hospital policy and
applicable state and local statutes or regulations.
Clinical Triggers - ANSWERCriteria for imminent death mutually established by the
hospital and OPO which prompt the hospital to make timely notification to the OPO.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) - ANSWERA part of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) who offers financial coverage for End Stage Renal Disease
patients and funds kidney and by extension, all organ transplants. CMS holds hospitals
accountable for referring potential donors in a timely fashion.
Cold Ischemia Time (CIT) - ANSWERThe amount of time an organ spends being
preserved after recovery from the donor.
Donor Management - ANSWERThe process and critical pathways use to medically care
for donors in order to keep their organs viable until organ recovery can occur.
Donation After Circulatory Death - ANSWERThese donors do not meet brain death
criteria but may donate lung, liver, or kidneys after circulatory death has been declared
by the hospital physician.
, Donor Service Area (DSA) - ANSWERThe geographic area designed by CMS that is
served by one OPO, one or more transplant centers, and one or more donor hospitals.
En Blco - ANSWERThe transplant of both kidneys or both lungs from a single donor into
one recipient, where both organs are recovered and transplanted as a single unit
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) - ANSWERThis is the virus that transmits mononucleosis,
remains dormant in most people, but may be a problem in transplant recipients. It has
been associated with certain cancers, including Burkitt's lymphoma, immunoblastic
lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidney - ANSWERA kidney donated from
transplantation from any brain dead donor over the age of 60 years; or from a donor
over the age of 50 years with a history of hypertension, the most recent creatinine
greater than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl, or death resulting from a cerebral vascular accident
(stroke)
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) - ANSWERThe primary
healthcare agency of the federal government that deals with health access issues. Its
role is to make essential primary care service abailable to poor, uninsured, and
geographically underserved populations. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Departmet of
Health and Human Services (HHS). The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is a
component of HRSA's Healthcare System Bureau (HSB). HRSA provides funding for
the OPTN contract.
Hepatitis B virus - ANSWERvirus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted
through any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen, and blood. It is spread
through intravenous drug use, through sexual contact with infected individuals, through
exposure to infected body fluids, and vertically from mother to child. Common
symptoms include abdominal pain, fatigue, fever, jaundice, and elevated liver enzymes.
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) - ANSWERMost infections are due to injection drug use with
contaminated needles. The CDCs estimates 4.1 million (1.6 percent) Americans have
been infected with HCV, of whome 3.2 million are chronically infected.
Histocompatibility - ANSWERThe examination of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) in a
patient, often referred to as "tissue typing" or "genetic matching." Tissue typing is
routinely performed for all donors and recipients in kidney and pancreas transplantation
to help match the donor with the most suitable recipients to help decrease the likelihood
of rejecting the transplanted organs.
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) - ANSWERMolecules found on all nucleated cells in
the body that help the immune system to recognize whether or not a cell is foreign to
the body. These antigens are inherited from one's parents. Human leukocyte antigens
are used to determine the compatibility of kidneys and pancreases for transplantation
TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
,ABO - ANSWERfour main blood types - A, B, AB, and O
Allocation - ANSWERThe process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation
includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs are distributed
in an equitable, ethical and medically sound manner.
Antibody - ANSWERA protein molecule produced by the immune system in response to
a foreign body, such as a virus or a transplanted organ.
Antigen - ANSWERAny substance that causes your immune system to produce
antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the environment such
as chemicals, bacteria, viruses, pollen or foreign tissue.
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) - ANSWERThe non-profit
organization recognized as the national representative of the 58 federally-designed
OPOs
Brain Death - ANSWERIrreversible cessation of cerebral and brain stem functions;
characterized by absence of electrical activity in the brain, blood flow to the brain, and
brain function as determined by clinical assessment of responses.
Circulatory Death - ANSWERDeath defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory
and respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with hospital policy and
applicable state and local statutes or regulations.
Clinical Triggers - ANSWERCriteria for imminent death mutually established by the
hospital and OPO which prompt the hospital to make timely notification to the OPO.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) - ANSWERA part of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) who offers financial coverage for End Stage Renal Disease
patients and funds kidney and by extension, all organ transplants. CMS holds hospitals
accountable for referring potential donors in a timely fashion.
Cold Ischemia Time (CIT) - ANSWERThe amount of time an organ spends being
preserved after recovery from the donor.
Donor Management - ANSWERThe process and critical pathways use to medically care
for donors in order to keep their organs viable until organ recovery can occur.
Donation After Circulatory Death - ANSWERThese donors do not meet brain death
criteria but may donate lung, liver, or kidneys after circulatory death has been declared
by the hospital physician.
, Donor Service Area (DSA) - ANSWERThe geographic area designed by CMS that is
served by one OPO, one or more transplant centers, and one or more donor hospitals.
En Blco - ANSWERThe transplant of both kidneys or both lungs from a single donor into
one recipient, where both organs are recovered and transplanted as a single unit
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) - ANSWERThis is the virus that transmits mononucleosis,
remains dormant in most people, but may be a problem in transplant recipients. It has
been associated with certain cancers, including Burkitt's lymphoma, immunoblastic
lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidney - ANSWERA kidney donated from
transplantation from any brain dead donor over the age of 60 years; or from a donor
over the age of 50 years with a history of hypertension, the most recent creatinine
greater than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl, or death resulting from a cerebral vascular accident
(stroke)
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) - ANSWERThe primary
healthcare agency of the federal government that deals with health access issues. Its
role is to make essential primary care service abailable to poor, uninsured, and
geographically underserved populations. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Departmet of
Health and Human Services (HHS). The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is a
component of HRSA's Healthcare System Bureau (HSB). HRSA provides funding for
the OPTN contract.
Hepatitis B virus - ANSWERvirus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted
through any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen, and blood. It is spread
through intravenous drug use, through sexual contact with infected individuals, through
exposure to infected body fluids, and vertically from mother to child. Common
symptoms include abdominal pain, fatigue, fever, jaundice, and elevated liver enzymes.
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) - ANSWERMost infections are due to injection drug use with
contaminated needles. The CDCs estimates 4.1 million (1.6 percent) Americans have
been infected with HCV, of whome 3.2 million are chronically infected.
Histocompatibility - ANSWERThe examination of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) in a
patient, often referred to as "tissue typing" or "genetic matching." Tissue typing is
routinely performed for all donors and recipients in kidney and pancreas transplantation
to help match the donor with the most suitable recipients to help decrease the likelihood
of rejecting the transplanted organs.
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) - ANSWERMolecules found on all nucleated cells in
the body that help the immune system to recognize whether or not a cell is foreign to
the body. These antigens are inherited from one's parents. Human leukocyte antigens
are used to determine the compatibility of kidneys and pancreases for transplantation
