Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator Final Exam Prep 2026: CPTC
Study Guide & Prac, Exams of Medicine
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.
Study Guide & Prac, Exams of Medicine
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.
