You work for an organization known as a Tissue Dispensing Service. Which of the following is
an example of someone who must supervise your organization's activities?
- Certified Tissue Bank Specialist
- A quality auditor
- An executive director
- A physician - A physician
You are training a s...
CTBS Prep Course Sample Questions
You work for an organization known as a Tissue Dispensing Service. Which of the following is
an example of someone who must supervise your organization's activities?
- Certified Tissue Bank Specialist
- A quality auditor
- An executive director
- A physician - ✔✔A physician
You are training a staff member about authorization and they ask you: What makes a Document
of Authorization different than a Document of Gift?
- It is a legal record
- It describes postmortem recovery
- It can be signed or recorded
- The signer is an Authorizing person - ✔✔The signer is an Authorizing person
You are a recovery coordinator reviewing a donor's fluid intake. At what donor age must you
have blood loss and infusion of >2000mL of blood products/fluids when considering plasma
dilution?
- ≥ 12 y.o.
- > 12 y.o.
- ≤ 12 y.o.
- < 12 y.o. - ✔✔> 12 y.o.
,You are physically examining a donor. You notice that their sclera is obviously yellow. Without
any other explanation, which of the following could be a cause?
- Spleen inflammation due to hepatitis
- Liver inflammation due to hepatitis
- Inflamed lymph nodes due to HIV
- Pneumonia as part of AIDS - ✔✔Liver inflammation due to hepatitis
You are doing a quality review of skin cultures received from the lab. Which of the following
organisms will cause fresh skin to be automatically discarded if found on culture?
- Gram positive bacilli
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
- Any Enterococcus species
- Group B Strep - ✔✔Any Enterococcus species
You are preparing for organizational audits for the next year. SOPM must be available to which
of the following:
- To AATB inspectors
- To FDA inspectors
- To AATB and FDA inspectors
- Our SOPM is private and is not for inspectors to see - ✔✔To AATB and FDA inspectors
,You are responsible for quality checking residual chemical levels in processed bone grafts. In a
very small piece of tissue (<100 mg), the residual ethylene glycol level can be up to __ parts per
million.
- 250
- 2000
- 2500
- 5000 - ✔✔5000
You are quality checking microbiological results on a heart-valve graft. They found Clostridium
perfringens on the tissue. This microbe will result in automatic discard of the tissue:
- True, clostridium species are not allowed
- True, but only because of my medical director
- False, clostridium can be irradiated
- False, clostridium can be removed with antibiotics - ✔✔True, clostridium species are not
allowed
Who provides regulatory oversight of tissue banking?
- AATB
- OSHA
- DHHS
- FDA - ✔✔FDA
Donor eligibility criteria shall be established by the:
, - Executive leadership
- AOC
- Recovery organization's medical director
- The medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant - ✔✔The medical
director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant
Heart for valve donors shall be evaluated for risk of:
- Chagas
- Pulmonary embolisms - ✔✔Chagas
According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking, the age limit for a deceased tissue donor is:
- 100
- 65
- Dependent on the weight of the donor
- at the discretion of the tissue bank's medical director - ✔✔at the discretion of the tissue bank's
medical director
You have been assigned to complete the heart for valve recovery on a 20 day old donor. The
blood sample for infectious disease testing must be collected from:
- the donor
- the donor's mother if the baby was being breastfed
- the donor's mother
- the donor's mother if there is no ante-mortem sample from the donor - ✔✔the donor's mother
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