CTBS GOLM STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Getting tissue from a donor that isn't ______________ tissue for use in human
transplantation, treatment, research, or teaching is known as RECOVERY. The
ANSWER is "reproductive."
A MANDATORY condition is denoted by the word MUST. What other phrase
that means the same as MUST is used in the standards? The ANSWER should
When one completed unit of transplantable tissue is enclosed, is it referred to as
a container or a package? Container for Answers
Does a tissue-containing box, carton, receptacle, or wrapper with a label that
may have one or more containers and related labelling materials qualify as a
container or a package? ANSWER PACKAGE
What is the term for a departure from the Standards, SOPM, or relevant laws or
regulations? ANSWER WITH AN ERROR
When something happens during donor screening or testing, tissue recovery,
collection or acquisition, processing, quarantining, labelling, storage,
distribution, or dispensing that may impact the tissue's performance,
biocompatibility, freedom from transmissible pathogens, or the ability to trace
the tissue back to the donor and isn't related to a deviation from SOPs,
standards, or applicable laws or regulations, what do you call it? ANSWER
ACCIDENT
When the AATB Board of Governors PRE-APPROVEs a deviation from the
standards before it is put into effect, what do you call it? ANSWER Variance
What is the term for an occurrence that deviates from a protocol or standard
practice? - Deviation from the answer
Is it possible to intentionally deviate? ANSWER: In agreement
, Does the following situation represent an error, accident, deviation, or variance?
Your recovery crew unintentionally uses non-sterile devices because they fail to
check and validate the sterilization indicator card on your bone recovery tools.
Sterile instruments must be utilized, according to SOPM. ANSWER Error
Does the following situation represent an error, accident, deviation, or variance?
Freezers and tissue are scattered across the countryside as a tornado strikes the
tissue bank's storage facility. ANSWER: Mishap
Does the following situation represent an error, accident, deviation, or variance?
In the event that a final culture reveals Staph aureus, the skin bank you work for
has devised a method to transplant skin. The suggested procedure is submitted
to AATB by your tissue bank. The proposal is reviewed and approved by the
AATB BOGs. Your tissue bank puts the new process into effect after receiving
the acceptance letter. ANSWER Variance
Does the following situation represent an error, accident, deviation, or variance?
A pink sharpie is inadvertently included in the supplies used by a case team
leader to mark tissue. According to your processor's protocols, tissues must be
labeled using either black or blue ink. - Deviation from the answer
Describe the distinction between a physical examination and a physical
assessment. The examination of a deceased donor's body is known as
assessment. The inspection involves looking at the body of a living donor.
What is the meaning of AOPO? Association of Organ Procurement
Organizations (ANSWER)
What is the acronym for CTBS? ANSWER Tissue Bank Specialist Certification
Who determines each tissue establishment's donor eligibility requirements,
donor screening protocols, and donor testing protocols? ANSWER The
Medical Director, who is still required to adhere to AATB standards
ANSWER: Autologous donor