BB/CM MRXUH exam Flashcards
The minimum hemoglobin concentration in a fingerstick from a male donor is:
a. 12.0 g/dL (120g/L)
b. 12.5g/dL (125g/L)
c. 13.5g/dL(135g/L
d. 15.0g/dL (150g/L)
b
A cause for permanent deferral of blood donation is:
a. Diabetes
b . Residence in an endemic malaria region
c. History of jaundice of uncertain cause
d History of therapeutic rabies vaccine
c
Which of the fallowing prospective donors would be accepted for donation?
a. 32-year-old woman who received a transfusion in a complicated delivery S
months, previously
b. 19-year-old sailor who has been stateside for 9 months and stopped taking
his anti-malarial medication 9 months previously
c. 22-year old college student who has a temperature of 99.2F(87 3C) and
states that ne feels well, but is nervous about donating
d. 45-year old woman who has just recovered from a bladder infection and is
still taking antibiotics
b
Which of the following constitutes permanent rejection status of a donor?
A. A tattoo months previously
B. Recent close contact with a patient with viral hepatitis
C. 2 units of blood ‘transfused.-/months previously
D. Confirmed positive test for HBSAG 10 years previous
D.
The mast common cause of posttransfusion hepatitis can be detected in donors by
testing for:
a. Anti-HCV
b. HBsAg
c. Anti-HAV IgM
d. Ant-Hbe
b
The western blat is a confirmatory test for the presence of:
a. CMV antibody
b. Anti HIV 1
c. HBsAg
d. ALT
b.
The test that is currently used to detect donors who are infected with the AIDS virus is.
a. Anti-HBc
b . Anti-Hiv 1 2
c. HBsAg
d. ALT
b .
A commonly used screening method for anti-HiV-1 detection is
a. Latex agglutination
b. Radioimmunoassay (RA)
c. Thin-layer-chromatograghy1TLC)
d. Enzyme labeled Immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
d.
Rejuvenation of a unit of red Blood cells a method used to:
a. Remove antibody attached to rbcs
b. Inactivate viruses and bacteria
c. Restore 2,3-OPC and ATP
d. filterbiggd clots/and/cthehSdhts
C
When platelets are stored on a rotator set on an open bench top, the ambient air
temperature must be recorded:
a. Once a day
b. Twice a day
c. Every 4 hours
d. Every hour
C
Which of the following is the correct storage temperature for the component listed?
a. Cryopredipitated AHF, 4’C
b. fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), -20
c. Red Blogd Cells, Frozen, -40°C
d. Platelets 37 C
B
A unit of red blood cells is issued at 9:00 AM. At 9:00 AM the unit is returned ta the Blood Bank The container has not been entered, but the unit has nct been
refrigerated during this /tme span. The best course of action for the technologist isto:
a. Culture the unit for bacterial contamination
b. Discard the unt if not used within 24 hours
c. Store the unit at room temperature
d. Record thereturn and plate the trit back inta inventory
D
The optimum storage temperature for packed blood cells, is?
a. -80°c
b. 20°C
c.- 12°C
d -2C
D
The optimum storage temperature for platelets is:
a. -20°c
b -12°C
C 4°C
d 22°c
D
According ta the AABB standards, Fresh Frozen Plasma must be infused within what period of time following thawing?
a. 24 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 48 hours
d. 72 hours
A
Cryoprecipitate AHF, is maintained in the frozen state at -18”C or below, has a shelf life of
a. 42 days
b. 6 months
c. 12 months
d. 36 months
C
Once, thawed, fresh frozen Plasma must be transfused within:
a. 4 hours
b. 8 hours
c. 12 hours
d 24 hours
D
Platelets prepared by apheresis should contain at least:
a. 1x 10%platelets
b. 3 x 10”“platelets
c 3 x 10”platelets
d. 5 x 10”platelets
c 3 x 10”platelets (basta 3x10^11)
According to the AABB Standards, platelets must be:
a. gently agitated from stored at room temperature
b. separated within 12 hours ofwhole blogd collection
c. suspended in sufficient plasma to maintain a pH of 5.0 or lower
d . prepared only from whole blood units that have been stored at a “C for 6
hours
A
Which of the following red cell typing are most commonly found in the African
American donor population?
a. Lu(a-b-)
b. Jk(a-b-)
c. fy(a-b-)
d. K-k-
C
Human blood groups were discovered around 1900 by:
a. Jules Bordet
b. Karl landstiener
c. Louis Pasteur
d. PL Mollison
b
The enzyme responsible for confernng H activity on the red cel membrane is alpha-
a galactosyl transferase
b N-acetylgalactosaminyl trarsferase
c. L-fucosyl transferase
d, N-acetylglucosaminy transfenase
C
Anti-Fy is:
a. usually a cold-reactive agglutinin
b. more reactive when tested with erzyme-treated red blood cells
c capable of causing hemolytic transfusion reactions
d. often an auto agglutinin
C
Resistance to malaria id best associated with which of the following bloc
groups?
a. Rh
b. I/i
c. P
d. Duffy
D