AATB CTBS Exam 2024 - DEFINITIONS

AATB CTBS Exam 2024 - DEFINITIONS ACCIDENT -answer Any occurrence, not associated with a deviation from standard operating procedures, standards, or applicable laws and regulations, during donor screening or testing, or tissue recovery, collection, or acquisition, processing, quarantining, labeling, storage, distribution, or dispensing that may affect the performance, biocompatibility, or freedom from transmissible pathogens of the tissue or the ability to trace tissue to the donor. ADEQUATE INFORMATION -answer Information sufficient for the donor, the authorizing person or the living donor to make a voluntary decision regarding the gift of tissues for transplantation, therapy, research and/or education. Must include "Core Elements" and such additional information as the donor, authorizing person, or living donor requests or which the donation coordinator reasonably believes the donor, authorizing person or living donor should know. When the donor is authorizing the gift of tissue, publicly available information concerning the scope and use of the gift shall be deemed adequate information. ADVERSE OUTCOME -answer An undesirable effect or untoward complication in a recipient consequent to or reasonably related to tissue transplantation. 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 -answer The distal segment of the abdominal aorta including the bifurcation and proximal segments of both the left and right common iliac arteries ARTERIAL GRAFT -answer A segment of peripheral artery that is recovered, processed and preserved. 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. ASEPTIC RECOVERY -answer The recovery of tissue using methods that restrict or minimize contamination with microorganisms from the donor, environment, recovery personnel, and/or equipment. ASYSTOLE -answer The reference time of cardiac death. A documented pronounced time of death is used as asystole when life-saving procedures have been attempted and there were signs of, or documentation of, recent life (e.g., witnessed event, agonal respirations, pulseless electrical activity). If a death was not witnessed, asystole must be determined by the last time known alive. Asystole will be 'cross clamp time' if the tissue donr was also a solid organ donor. AUDIT -answer A documented review of procedures, records, personnel functions, equipment, materials, facilities, and/or suppliers to evaluate adherence to the written SOPM, standards, applicable laws and regulations. AUDIT TRAIL -answer A process that captures details such as additions, deletions, or alterations of information in an electronic record without obliterating the original record. An audit trail facilitates the reconstruction of the course of such details relating to the electronic record. AUTHORIZATION -answer Permission given after adequate information concerning the donation, recovery and use of tissues is conveyed. AUTHORIZING PERSON -answer Upon the death of the donor, the person, other than the donor, authorized by law to make an anatomical gift. 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 in 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 contamination organisms found on a given amount of material. BLOOD COMPONENT -answer Any part of a single-donor unit of blood separated by physical or mechanical means. (i.e. serum, plas