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Test Bank for Basic & Applied Concepts of
Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices, 4th
Edition – Paula R. Howard | Complete Exam
Questions and Answers | Immunohematology
Study Guide
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Chapter 01: Quality Assurance and Regulation of the Blood Industry and
Safety Issues in the Blood Bank
Howard: Basic & Applied Concepts of Blood Banking and TrANSfusion
Practices, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following agencies administers the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments?
a. AABB
b. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
c. OSHA
d. Food and Drug Administration
ANSB
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers CLIA, Medicare,
Medicaid, and HIPAA.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 3
2. A laboratory technologist decided she would like to bring her lab coat home for
laundering because it had too many wrinkles when returned by the laboratory’s
laundry service. Is this practice acceptable?
a. Yes, if she uses 10% bleach
b. Yes, if she clears it with her supervisor
c. Yes, as long as she removes the coat and does not wear it home
d. No, because the laboratory is a biosafety level 2, and lab coats
may not be removed
ANS: D
Methods of transporting the lab coat and the risk of contamination do not permit
health care workers to bring lab coats home for cleaning.
DIF: Level 2 REF: p. 14
3. Personal protective equipment includes:
a. safety glasses.
b. splash barriers.
c. masks.
d. All of the above
ANS: D
Safety glasses, splash barriers, and masks are types of personal protective devices.
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DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 14
4. At what point in the employment process should safety training take place?
a. During orientation and training
b. Following lab training when employees are more familiar with
their responsibilities
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c. Following the employees’ first evaluation
d. Before independent work is permitted and annually thereafter
ANS: D
The Occupation Safety and Health Administration requires safety training before
independent work is permitted and annually thereafter.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 17
5. In safety training, employees must become familiar with all of the following except:
a. tasks that have an infectious risk.
b. limits of protective clothing and equipment.
c. the appropriate action to take if exposure occurs.
d. how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a donor or other employee.
ANS: D
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements include all of those
listed except cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 13
6. Blood irradiators require all of the following safety procedures except:
a. proper training.
b. that the user have a degree in radiology.
c. equipment leak detection.
d. personal protective equipment.
ANS: B
Blood bank and transfusion service technologists require training but not a degree to
use a blood irradiator.
DIF: Level 2 REF: p. 16
7. Which of the following is true regarding good manufacturing practices (GMPs)?
a. GMPs are legal requirements established by the Food and Drug Administration.
b. GMPs are optional guidelines written by the AABB.
c. GMPs are required only by pharmaceutical companies.
d. GMPs are part of the quality control requirements for blood products.
ANS: A
Good manufacturing practices are requirements established by the Food and Drug
Administration.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 5
8. Which of the following is an example of an unacceptable record-keeping procedure?
Test Bank for Basic & Applied Concepts of
Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices, 4th
Edition – Paula R. Howard | Complete Exam
Questions and Answers | Immunohematology
Study Guide
THEPROWESS STUVIA
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Chapter 01: Quality Assurance and Regulation of the Blood Industry and
Safety Issues in the Blood Bank
Howard: Basic & Applied Concepts of Blood Banking and TrANSfusion
Practices, 4th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following agencies administers the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments?
a. AABB
b. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
c. OSHA
d. Food and Drug Administration
ANSB
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers CLIA, Medicare,
Medicaid, and HIPAA.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 3
2. A laboratory technologist decided she would like to bring her lab coat home for
laundering because it had too many wrinkles when returned by the laboratory’s
laundry service. Is this practice acceptable?
a. Yes, if she uses 10% bleach
b. Yes, if she clears it with her supervisor
c. Yes, as long as she removes the coat and does not wear it home
d. No, because the laboratory is a biosafety level 2, and lab coats
may not be removed
ANS: D
Methods of transporting the lab coat and the risk of contamination do not permit
health care workers to bring lab coats home for cleaning.
DIF: Level 2 REF: p. 14
3. Personal protective equipment includes:
a. safety glasses.
b. splash barriers.
c. masks.
d. All of the above
ANS: D
Safety glasses, splash barriers, and masks are types of personal protective devices.
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DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 14
4. At what point in the employment process should safety training take place?
a. During orientation and training
b. Following lab training when employees are more familiar with
their responsibilities
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c. Following the employees’ first evaluation
d. Before independent work is permitted and annually thereafter
ANS: D
The Occupation Safety and Health Administration requires safety training before
independent work is permitted and annually thereafter.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 17
5. In safety training, employees must become familiar with all of the following except:
a. tasks that have an infectious risk.
b. limits of protective clothing and equipment.
c. the appropriate action to take if exposure occurs.
d. how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a donor or other employee.
ANS: D
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements include all of those
listed except cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 13
6. Blood irradiators require all of the following safety procedures except:
a. proper training.
b. that the user have a degree in radiology.
c. equipment leak detection.
d. personal protective equipment.
ANS: B
Blood bank and transfusion service technologists require training but not a degree to
use a blood irradiator.
DIF: Level 2 REF: p. 16
7. Which of the following is true regarding good manufacturing practices (GMPs)?
a. GMPs are legal requirements established by the Food and Drug Administration.
b. GMPs are optional guidelines written by the AABB.
c. GMPs are required only by pharmaceutical companies.
d. GMPs are part of the quality control requirements for blood products.
ANS: A
Good manufacturing practices are requirements established by the Food and Drug
Administration.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 5
8. Which of the following is an example of an unacceptable record-keeping procedure?
