CTBS Prep Course Sample 2020

CTBS Prep Course Sample 2020 Questions With Complete Solutions 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 Answers ✅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 Answers

✅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 Answers ✅> 12 y.o. 1 / 4

CTBS Prep Course Sample 2020 Questions With Complete Solutions 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 Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 2 / 4

CTBS Prep Course Sample 2020 Questions With Complete Solutions

• Our SOPM is private and is not for inspectors to see -

Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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

Answers ✅True, clostridium species are not allowed Who provides regulatory oversight of tissue banking?

- AATB

- OSHA

- DHHS 3 / 4

CTBS Prep Course Sample 2020 Questions With Complete Solutions

• FDA - Correct Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 Answers ✅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 -

Correct Answers ✅at the discretion of the tissue bank's medical director

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