CTBS Prep Course Sample Questions with Complete Solutions

CTBS Prep Course Sample Questions 2023/2024 with Complete Solutions 100% Verified Answers 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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 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. - Correct Answer > 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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer Any Enterococcus species

You are preparing for organizational audits for the next year. SOPM must be available

to which of the following: 1 / 3

• To AATB inspectors
• To FDA inspectors
• To AATB and FDA inspectors
• Our SOPM is private and is not for inspectors to see - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer True, clostridium

species are not allowed Who provides regulatory oversight of tissue banking?

- AATB

- OSHA

- DHHS

• FDA - Correct Answer 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 - Correct

Answer The medical director responsible for the release of tissue for transplant

Heart for valve donors shall be evaluated for risk of:

• Chagas
• Pulmonary embolisms - Correct Answer 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 2 / 3

• at the discretion of the tissue bank's medical director - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer

the donor's mother

The donor risk assessment interview (DRAI) should be completed with the:

• significant other/spouse
• legal NOK
• PCP
• most knowledgeable person - Correct Answer most knowledgeable person

You are currently completing the DRAI on a potential donor. The historian stated that the potential donor used heroin four years ago. What must be clarified before moving forward with the case?

• The route of drug use. (e.g., ingested, snorter, smoked, injected...)
• if the individual had an infectious disease testing panel ran in the last year.
• if heroin was used at the time of death
• if the potential donor had ever been charged with drug possession - Correct Answer

The route of drug use You are completing the DRAI and learn that the potential donor lived with a relative who was HIV positive at the time of death. According to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking you must

• Proceed with the case if there was no physical or sexual interaction between the two

individuals

• Confirm if the potential donor had recently had an infectious panel ran
• Defer the case
• Proceed with the case if the donor was being treated with antiviral medications -

Correct Answer Defer the case While completing the DRAI, the historian mentioned the potential donor was not allowed to donate blood but they were unsure why. They answered no to all high risk questions and there are no other potential historians. According at AATB Standards for Tissue Banking, what should you do?

• Move forward because there were no concerning high risk questions
• Move forward because blood banking has very different criteria than tissue banking
• Move forward is there is going to be an autopsy
• Defer the case - Correct Answer Defer the case

Relevant medical records may include which of the following:

• / 3