,Chapter 01: Quality Assurance and Regulation of the Blood Industry and Safety
Issues in the Blood Bank
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
ANS: B
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’slaundryservice.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.
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
, c. Following the employees’firstevaluation
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 zsafety ztraining, zemployees zmust zbecome zfamiliar zwith zall zof zthe zfollowing zexcept: z
a. tasks zthat zhave zan zinfectious zrisk. z
b. limits zof zprotective zclothing zand zequipment. z
c. the zappropriate zaction zto ztake zif zexposure zoccurs. z
d. how zto zperform zcardiopulmonary zresuscitation zon za zdonor zor zother zemployee. z
ANS: zD
The zOccupational zSafety zand zHealth zAdministration zrequirements zinclude zall zof zthose
zlisted zexcept zcardiopulmonary zresuscitation.
DIF: Level z1 REF: z zp. z13
6. Blood zirradiators zrequire zall zof zthe zfollowing zsafety zprocedures zexcept: z
a. proper ztraining. z
b. that zthe zuser zhave za zdegree zin zradiology. z
c. equipment zleak zdetection. z
d. personal zprotective zequipment. z
ANS: zB
Blood zbank zand ztransfusion zservice ztechnologists zrequire ztraining zbut znot za zdegree
zto zuse za zblood zirradiator.
DIF: Level z2 REF: z zp. z16
7. Which zof zthe zfollowing zis ztrue zregarding zgood zmanufacturing zpractices z(GMPs)? z
a. GMPs zare zlegal zrequirements zestablished zby zthe zFood zand zDrug zAdministration. z
b. GMPs zare zoptional zguidelines zwritten zby zthe zAABB. z
c. GMPs zare zrequired zonly zby zpharmaceutical zcompanies. z
d. GMPs zare zpart zof zthe zquality zcontrol zrequirements zfor zblood zproducts. z
ANS: zA
Good zmanufacturing zpractices zare zrequirements zestablished zby zthe zFood zand
zDrug zAdministration.
DIF: Level z1 REF: z zp. z5
8. Which zof zthe zfollowing zis zan zexample zof zan zunacceptable zrecord-keeping zprocedure? z
a. Using zdittos zin zcolumns zto zsave ztime z
b. Recording zthe zdate zand zinitials znext zto za zcorrection z
c. Not zdeleting zthe zoriginal zentry zwhen zmaking za zcorrection z
d. Always zusing zpermanent zink zon zall zrecords z
ANS: zA
All zrecords zmust zbe zclearly zwritten. zDittos zare
, zunacceptable.