ASCP BLOOD BANK EXAM QUESTIONS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WITH ANSWERS |\
The ninimum hemoglobin concentration in a fingerstick from a
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male donor is: |\ |\ |\
A. 12.0 g/dl (120 g/L)
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B. 12.5 g/dl (120 g/L)
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C. 13.0 g/dl (120 g/L)
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D. 13.5 g/dl (120 g/L) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. 13.0 g/dl (120
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g/L) (FEMALE is 12.5)
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A cause for indefinite deferral of blood donation is:
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A. Diabetes
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B. Residence in an endemic malaria region
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C. Positive test for trypanosoma cruzi
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D. History of therapeutic rabies vaccine - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔C. Positive test for trypanosoma cruzi
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Which of the following prospective donors would be accepted for
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donation? |\
A> 32 year old woman who received a transfucsion in a
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complicated delivery 5 months ago |\ |\ |\ |\
B. 19 year old sailor who has been stateside for 9 months and
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stopped taking his anti-malarial medication 9 months ago and
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stopped taking it 9 months previously|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,C. 22 year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2F
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(37.3C) and states that he feels well but is nervous about
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donating
D. 45 year old woman who has just recovered from a bladder
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infection and is still taking antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
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22 year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2F
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(37.3C) and states that he feels well but is nervous about
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donating
Which one of the following constitutes permanent deferral status
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of a donor?
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A. Tattoo 5 months previously
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B. Recent close contact with a patient with viral hepatitis
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C. 2 units of blood transfused 4 months previously
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D. confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10 years previously -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10
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years previously |\
According to AABB standards, which of the following donors may
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be accepted as a blood donor
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A. Traveled to an area endemic for malaria 9 months previously
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B. Spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months
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previously |\
C. Resides with a known hepatitis B patient
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D. Received a blood transfusion 22 weeks previously - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔B. Spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy,
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3 months previously
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, In order to be a plateletpheresis donor, the platelet count must
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be at least: |\ |\ |\
A. 150,000/ul
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B. 200,00/ul
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C. 250,000/ul
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D. 300,000/ul - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. 150,000/ul
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Prior to blood donation, the intended venipuncture site must be
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cleaned with a scrub solution containing: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. Hypoclorite
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B. Green soap
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C. 10% acetone
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D. Povidone iodine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Povidone iodine
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A donor who has just donated 2 units of apheresis red Blood Cells
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will be deferred from further blood donation for minimum of how
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many weeks: |\ |\
A. 8 |\
B. 12 |\
C. 16 |\
D. 24 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. 16
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Which of the following infectious agents relies solely on donor
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questioning to avoid transmission from transfused blood |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
products? |\
A. Trypanosoma cruzi
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WITH ANSWERS |\
The ninimum hemoglobin concentration in a fingerstick from a
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male donor is: |\ |\ |\
A. 12.0 g/dl (120 g/L)
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B. 12.5 g/dl (120 g/L)
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C. 13.0 g/dl (120 g/L)
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D. 13.5 g/dl (120 g/L) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. 13.0 g/dl (120
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g/L) (FEMALE is 12.5)
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A cause for indefinite deferral of blood donation is:
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A. Diabetes
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B. Residence in an endemic malaria region
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C. Positive test for trypanosoma cruzi
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D. History of therapeutic rabies vaccine - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔C. Positive test for trypanosoma cruzi
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Which of the following prospective donors would be accepted for
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donation? |\
A> 32 year old woman who received a transfucsion in a
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complicated delivery 5 months ago |\ |\ |\ |\
B. 19 year old sailor who has been stateside for 9 months and
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stopped taking his anti-malarial medication 9 months ago and
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stopped taking it 9 months previously|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,C. 22 year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2F
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(37.3C) and states that he feels well but is nervous about
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donating
D. 45 year old woman who has just recovered from a bladder
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infection and is still taking antibiotics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
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22 year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2F
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(37.3C) and states that he feels well but is nervous about
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donating
Which one of the following constitutes permanent deferral status
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of a donor?
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A. Tattoo 5 months previously
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B. Recent close contact with a patient with viral hepatitis
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C. 2 units of blood transfused 4 months previously
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D. confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10 years previously -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. confirmed positive test for HBsAg 10
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years previously |\
According to AABB standards, which of the following donors may
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be accepted as a blood donor
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A. Traveled to an area endemic for malaria 9 months previously
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B. Spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy, 3 months
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previously |\
C. Resides with a known hepatitis B patient
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D. Received a blood transfusion 22 weeks previously - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔B. Spontaneous abortion at 2 months of pregnancy,
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3 months previously
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, In order to be a plateletpheresis donor, the platelet count must
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be at least: |\ |\ |\
A. 150,000/ul
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B. 200,00/ul
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C. 250,000/ul
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D. 300,000/ul - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. 150,000/ul
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Prior to blood donation, the intended venipuncture site must be
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cleaned with a scrub solution containing: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. Hypoclorite
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B. Green soap
|\ |\
C. 10% acetone
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D. Povidone iodine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Povidone iodine
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A donor who has just donated 2 units of apheresis red Blood Cells
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will be deferred from further blood donation for minimum of how
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many weeks: |\ |\
A. 8 |\
B. 12 |\
C. 16 |\
D. 24 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. 16
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Which of the following infectious agents relies solely on donor
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questioning to avoid transmission from transfused blood |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
products? |\
A. Trypanosoma cruzi
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