SBB study guide #2 questions with
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What is the deferral period for someone who has received a blood transfusion? ✔✔12 months
Where does the AABB stand on pregnancy and blood donation? ✔✔a woman is de
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SBB study guide #2 questions with
verified solutions
What is the deferral period for someone who has received a blood transfusion? ✔✔12 months
Where does the AABB stand on pregnancy and blood donation? ✔✔a woman is deferred if
pregnant in the past 6 weeks
What is the deferral period if a potential donor received the varicella zoster vaccine (live
attenuated)? ✔✔4 weeks
What is the deferral period for a whole blood donor who received the yellow fever live vaccine?
✔✔2 weeks
What is the deferral period for someone being treated for syphilis? ✔✔12 months from
completion of therapy
A potential blood donor spent 7 years in Germany from 1995 to 2002. Are they eligible to donate
whole blood? ✔✔No, indefinitely deferred
CJD may be transmitted by all of the following EXCEPT:
1. Neurosurgical instruments
2. human dura matter grafts
3. pituitary derived human growth hormone
4. stem cells ✔✔Stem cells
Which of the following should be indefinitely deferred?
1. donor with malaria
2. donor who has been incarcerated
3. a pregnant woman
4. a donor with a history of hepatitis after 11th birthday ✔✔a donor with a history of hepatitis
after 11th birthday
A donor diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia is: ✔✔indefinately deferred
A potential whole blood donor presents with the following upon physical exam: Hgb 13 g/dL,
Hct 39%, pulse 75, temp 99.4, can they donate a unit of allogeneic whole blood? ✔✔Yes
A donor who ingests aspirin is deferred for 48 hours because aspirin interferes with? ✔✔Platelet
aggregation
A donor who has had a positive test for AIDS/HIV virus is: ✔✔indefinitely deferred
What is the interval between allogeneic blood donations? ✔✔56 days
What is the deferral period for an apheresis donor who wishes to donate whole blood? ✔✔48
hours
In this type of autologous donation, blood is collected just before the start of surgery so that
blood shed during surgery has a lower concentration of red cells? ✔✔normovolemic
hemodilution
In double red cell pheresis, the interval between donation is: ✔✔16 weeks
A potential allogeneic whole blood donor was incarcerated for 5 years. He was granted parole
and wished to contribute to his community by donating blood. Can he donate? ✔✔Yes, but there
is a 12 mo. deferral period from the date he left prison
What special considerations should be givien to directed donations? ✔✔Blood must be irradiated
if from a blood relative
A minipool of 16 donor samples was analyzed for HCV RNA. The test was positive. Which of
the following courses of action would be followed? ✔✔Test each of the pools individually or
test a smaller pool
Last week, a school teacher donated an allogeneic unit of whole blood. Upon testing for HIV
antibodies by EIA, one test was reactive and a repeat test was nonreactive. What should be done
with the unit that was donated? ✔✔Discard the unit and quarantine any in date units
What purpose does irradiation serve? ✔✔Destroys T lymphocytes
An 18 yr. old girl contracted Babesia after a two week camping trip in NE Pennsylvania. A blood
drive was scheduled at her school 6 mo. later. Should she donate blood? ✔✔No, indefinite
deferral
What is the deferral period for donating allogeneic whole blood after an accidental needle stick?
✔✔12 months
A Peace Corp worker spent 2 yrs. in Nigeria. After having been there for only 3 mo, he was
diagnosed with malaria. When may this worker be eligible for blood donation? ✔✔3 yrs. after
becoming asymptomatic
A male donor comes to donate whole blood, when he shows the tech his arm, the tech notices
track marks. What action should be taken? ✔✔Document a indefinite deferral in the donor
record
What is the deferral period for receiving the recombinant HPV vaccine? ✔✔None
What is the deferral period for a patient on Plavix? ✔✔14 days after last dose
A phlebotomist received Hepatitis B Immune globulin after receiving prophylactic therapy for an
accidental needle stick. Is there a deferral period? ✔✔12 months
Is it possible to donate a unit of blood in the US at age 16? ✔✔Yes
A pheresis donor donated plasma one day ago. When can this donor give a unit of whole blood?
✔✔In 24 hours
Which hepatitis is associated with a chronic phase? ✔✔Hepatitis C
What viral maker is associated with immunity to Hepatitis B? ✔✔Anti-HBs
What is the first marker to appear in Hepatitis B infection? ✔✔HBsAg
Which hepatitis virus is associated with the fecal oral route of transmission? ✔✔Hepatitis A
Which hepatitis viruses may act in tandem? ✔✔Hepatitis B and D
Hemoglobin is tested for allogeneic whole blood donation using copper sulfate specific gravity
of 1.053. After 15 sec, the drop sinks, is the donor ok to donate? ✔✔Yes
A platelet pheresis donor exhibits signs of citrate toxicity. What is the appropriate course of
action? ✔✔Administer calcium gluconate
What is the acceptable collection time for an allogeneic whole blood unit? ✔✔13 minutes
What are the viral tests required on donor blood? ✔✔HBsAg, Anti-HBc, Anti-HCV, HCV RNA,
Anti-HIV, HIV-1 RNA, anti-HTLA I/II, WNV RNA, Syphilis, T. Cruzi, Zika
What is the minimum hemoglobin and infectious disease testing interval for autologous donors?
✔✔11 g/dL and 30 days
For an autologous unit the recipient name, DIN, name of facility where patient is transfused must
be on the label for which of the following?
1. collected unit
2. final unit
3. pooled unit
4. all of the above ✔✔All of the above: Collected unit, final unit, pooled unit
What are the labeling requirements for an allogeneic WB donor who is CMV positive? ✔✔Final
unit and pooled unit must be labeled CMV positive
The anticoagulant/preservative must be present on the label for which of the following?
✔✔Collected unit, final component, pooled unit
A 35 yr. old male allogeneic donor made a donation in August. All required viral makers were
non-reactive using standard testing He made another donation the following Jan. The MP and ID
NAT and EIA was repeat reactive for HIV-1 and anti-HIV I/II. In what circumstance could this
donor be considered for re-entry? ✔✔Donor is not eligible for re-entry
A platelet pheresis donor tested positive for anti-HCV, however, the NAT HCV was nonreactive and RIBA was indeterminate. The anti-HCV by EIA was repeated and also positive. On
follow up testing the NAT HCV was reactive and anti-HCV was negative. The donor should be:
✔✔permanently deferred
Which of the following would defer a potential whole blood donor regarding Zika virus? ✔✔A
54 yr old female who was recently diagnosed with Zika
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