CTBS STUDY EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔what must the outermost container for cardiac tissue & FV have on it (2) - ✔✔Donor
name and/or ID, Tissue type (laterality, if required)
✔✔What is the total ischemic time that cannot be exceeded for HV/V? - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔What is the termination point for SV recovery in the hip? - ✔✔Sapheno-Femoral
Junction
✔✔What additional infectious disease test may be required for BT donation? - ✔✔West
nile virus
✔✔Do umbilical veins carry blood to or away from the fetus? do arteries carry
oxygenated or deoxygenated blood? - ✔✔Veins carry blood to the fetus and
deoxygenated blood away from the fetus
✔✔3 arterial branches of the aortic arch - ✔✔subclavian, common carotid and
brachiocephalic
✔✔who is responsible for birth tissue acceptance criteria? - ✔✔Medical director
✔✔What is tissue processing? - ✔✔ANY ACTIVITY PERFORMED ON TISSUE OTHER
THAN DONOR SCREENING, DONOR TESTING, TISSUE RECOVERY,
COLLECTION, OR ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION OR
DISPENSING. IT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
(i) DISINFECTING
(ii) STERILIZING
(iii) PACKAGING IN PRIMARY PACKAGE (AS DEFINED IN GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
NO.9)
(iv) PACKAGING IN SECONDARY PACKAGE, WHEN USED (AS DEFINED IN
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT NO.9) (v) LABELING &
(vi) TESTING TISSUE
✔✔THE RECEIPT AND MOVEMENT INTO STORAGE, TO IMMEDIATE
PROCESSING, OR TO REMOVAL SHALL BE DOCUMENTED, INCLUDING, AT A
MINIMUM (5) - ✔✔1) THE CONDITION OF THE TRANSPORT PACKAGE;
2) CONFIRMATION THAT EACH TISSUE IS LABELED WITH A TISSUE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR OTHER TRACEABLE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER;
3) EVIDENCE THAT PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE MAINTAINED
(E.G., PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF ICE/COOLANT);
4) THE DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT AND MOVEMENT;
5) PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
SURE A+
✔✔what must the outermost container for cardiac tissue & FV have on it (2) - ✔✔Donor
name and/or ID, Tissue type (laterality, if required)
✔✔What is the total ischemic time that cannot be exceeded for HV/V? - ✔✔48 hours
✔✔What is the termination point for SV recovery in the hip? - ✔✔Sapheno-Femoral
Junction
✔✔What additional infectious disease test may be required for BT donation? - ✔✔West
nile virus
✔✔Do umbilical veins carry blood to or away from the fetus? do arteries carry
oxygenated or deoxygenated blood? - ✔✔Veins carry blood to the fetus and
deoxygenated blood away from the fetus
✔✔3 arterial branches of the aortic arch - ✔✔subclavian, common carotid and
brachiocephalic
✔✔who is responsible for birth tissue acceptance criteria? - ✔✔Medical director
✔✔What is tissue processing? - ✔✔ANY ACTIVITY PERFORMED ON TISSUE OTHER
THAN DONOR SCREENING, DONOR TESTING, TISSUE RECOVERY,
COLLECTION, OR ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION OR
DISPENSING. IT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
(i) DISINFECTING
(ii) STERILIZING
(iii) PACKAGING IN PRIMARY PACKAGE (AS DEFINED IN GUIDANCE DOCUMENT
NO.9)
(iv) PACKAGING IN SECONDARY PACKAGE, WHEN USED (AS DEFINED IN
GUIDANCE DOCUMENT NO.9) (v) LABELING &
(vi) TESTING TISSUE
✔✔THE RECEIPT AND MOVEMENT INTO STORAGE, TO IMMEDIATE
PROCESSING, OR TO REMOVAL SHALL BE DOCUMENTED, INCLUDING, AT A
MINIMUM (5) - ✔✔1) THE CONDITION OF THE TRANSPORT PACKAGE;
2) CONFIRMATION THAT EACH TISSUE IS LABELED WITH A TISSUE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR OTHER TRACEABLE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER;
3) EVIDENCE THAT PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WERE MAINTAINED
(E.G., PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF ICE/COOLANT);
4) THE DATE AND TIME OF RECEIPT AND MOVEMENT;
5) PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
