BCTXP Exam: Transplant Regulations and Performance Improvement Questions with Correct Answers
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National Organ Transplant Act purpose Correct Answer-NOTA 1984
Create a task force to address nation's critical organ donation shortage and improve the organ matching and placement process
Organizations created from NOTA Correct Answer-OPO: Organ Procurement Organizations
SRTR: Scientific Regi...
BCTXP Exam: Transplant Regulations and
Performance Improvement Questions with Correct
Answers
National Organ Transplant Act purpose Correct Answer-NOTA 1984
Create a task force to address nation's critical organ donation shortage
and improve the organ matching and placement process
Organizations created from NOTA Correct Answer-OPO: Organ
Procurement Organizations
SRTR: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
OPTN: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
OPO purpose Correct Answer-• Increase # of registered donors
• Coordinate donation process
SRTR purpose Correct Answer-• Supports the ongoing evaluation of the
scientific and clinical status of solid organ transplantation
SRTR data sources Correct Answer-• OPTN (transplant programs,
OPO's and histocompatibility laboratories)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Technical Information Service's (NTIS) Death Master File
• National Cancer Institute's Transplant Cancer Match Study
• Pharmacy claims databases
,• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's registry
SRTR report types Correct Answer-• Reports
-‐ Program‐specific reports (PSRs)
-‐ OPO‐specific reports (OSRs)
-‐ Annual Data Report
• Standard analysis files (SAFs)
• Articles in the scientific literature
• Presentations at scientific meetings
What is the SRTR program specific report? Correct Answer-• Published
semiannually for each SOT program in the US
• Contain information about the candidates waiting for transplant,
outcomes on the waiting list, the transplant recipients, the donors, and
the outcomes after transplant
SRTR Program Performance metrics for survival Correct Answer-
Survival with fx graft
Survival with fx graft DD
Survival with fx graft LD
Adjustments/interpretation of SRTR program performancemetrics
Correct Answer--They are risk adjusted models
-Reflects the fraction of recipients at the transplant program who would
be expected to be alive or have a functioning graft at each time point,
based on the national experience for similar patients
--->Hazard Ratio
What is the SRTR OPO Specific Report? Correct Answer-• Published
semiannually for each organ procurement organization (OPO) in the US
• Contain detailed information:
• Donor service area (DSA) description
• US Population density, deaths, death rates and donations
• Organ utilization
• Donors recovered by OPO
• Programs transplanting organs procured by OPO
• Transplants facilitated by OPO
• Counties served by OPO
What is the SRTR Annual Report Correct Answer-• A joint publication
by SRTR and the UNOS (manages the OPTN)
• Contain detailed annual data and trends for each type of transplant
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