CCTC CERTIFICATION REVIEW FINAL
STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Allocation.
Answer: The process of determining how organs are distributed.
Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure
that organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound
manner.
⩥ Antibody.
Answer: A protein molecule produced by the immune system in
response to a foreign body, such as a virus or a transplanted organ.
⩥ Antigen.
Answer: Any substance that causes your immune system to produce
antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the
environment such as chemicals, bacteria, viruses, pollen or foreign
tissue.
⩥ Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO).
Answer: The non-profit organization recognized as the national
representative of the 58 federally-designed OPOs
,⩥ Brain Death.
Answer: Irreversible cessation of cerebral and brain stem functions;
characterized by absence of electrical activity in the brain, blood flow to
the brain, and brain function as determined by clinical assessment of
responses.
⩥ Circulatory Death.
Answer: Death defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and
respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with hospital
policy and applicable state and local statutes or regulations.
⩥ Clinical Triggers.
Answer: Criteria for imminent death mutually established by the hospital
and OPO which prompt the hospital to make timely notification to the
OPO.
⩥ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS).
Answer: A part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
who offers financial coverage for End Stage Renal Disease patients and
funds kidney and by extension, all organ transplants. CMS holds
hospitals accountable for referring potential donors in a timely fashion.
⩥ Cold Ischemia Time (CIT).
Answer: The amount of time an organ spends being preserved after
recovery from the donor.
,⩥ Donor Management.
Answer: The process and critical pathways use to medically care for
donors in order to keep their organs viable until organ recovery can
occur.
⩥ Donation After Circulatory Death.
Answer: These donors do not meet brain death criteria but may donate
lung, liver, or kidneys after circulatory death has been declared by the
hospital physician.
⩥ Donor Service Area (DSA).
Answer: The geographic area designed by CMS that is served by one
OPO, one or more transplant centers, and one or more donor hospitals.
⩥ En Blco.
Answer: The transplant of both kidneys or both lungs from a single
donor into one recipient, where both organs are recovered and
transplanted as a single unit
⩥ Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV).
Answer: This is the virus that transmits mononucleosis, remains dormant
in most people, but may be a problem in transplant recipients. It has
been associated with certain cancers, including Burkitt's lymphoma,
immunoblastic lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
, ⩥ Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidney.
Answer: A kidney donated from transplantation from any brain dead
donor over the age of 60 years; or from a donor over the age of 50 years
with a history of hypertension, the most recent creatinine greater than or
equal to 1.5 mg/dl, or death resulting from a cerebral vascular accident
(stroke)
⩥ Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA).
Answer: The primary healthcare agency of the federal government that
deals with health access issues. Its role is to make essential primary care
service abailable to poor, uninsured, and geographically underserved
populations. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Departmet of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is a
component of HRSA's Healthcare System Bureau (HSB). HRSA
provides funding for the OPTN contract.
⩥ Hepatitis B virus.
Answer: virus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted through
any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen, and blood. It is
spread through intravenous drug use, through sexual contact with
infected individuals, through exposure to infected body fluids, and
vertically from mother to child. Common symptoms include abdominal
pain, fatigue, fever, jaundice, and elevated liver enzymes.
⩥ Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Allocation.
Answer: The process of determining how organs are distributed.
Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure
that organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound
manner.
⩥ Antibody.
Answer: A protein molecule produced by the immune system in
response to a foreign body, such as a virus or a transplanted organ.
⩥ Antigen.
Answer: Any substance that causes your immune system to produce
antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the
environment such as chemicals, bacteria, viruses, pollen or foreign
tissue.
⩥ Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO).
Answer: The non-profit organization recognized as the national
representative of the 58 federally-designed OPOs
,⩥ Brain Death.
Answer: Irreversible cessation of cerebral and brain stem functions;
characterized by absence of electrical activity in the brain, blood flow to
the brain, and brain function as determined by clinical assessment of
responses.
⩥ Circulatory Death.
Answer: Death defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and
respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with hospital
policy and applicable state and local statutes or regulations.
⩥ Clinical Triggers.
Answer: Criteria for imminent death mutually established by the hospital
and OPO which prompt the hospital to make timely notification to the
OPO.
⩥ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS).
Answer: A part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
who offers financial coverage for End Stage Renal Disease patients and
funds kidney and by extension, all organ transplants. CMS holds
hospitals accountable for referring potential donors in a timely fashion.
⩥ Cold Ischemia Time (CIT).
Answer: The amount of time an organ spends being preserved after
recovery from the donor.
,⩥ Donor Management.
Answer: The process and critical pathways use to medically care for
donors in order to keep their organs viable until organ recovery can
occur.
⩥ Donation After Circulatory Death.
Answer: These donors do not meet brain death criteria but may donate
lung, liver, or kidneys after circulatory death has been declared by the
hospital physician.
⩥ Donor Service Area (DSA).
Answer: The geographic area designed by CMS that is served by one
OPO, one or more transplant centers, and one or more donor hospitals.
⩥ En Blco.
Answer: The transplant of both kidneys or both lungs from a single
donor into one recipient, where both organs are recovered and
transplanted as a single unit
⩥ Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV).
Answer: This is the virus that transmits mononucleosis, remains dormant
in most people, but may be a problem in transplant recipients. It has
been associated with certain cancers, including Burkitt's lymphoma,
immunoblastic lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
, ⩥ Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) Kidney.
Answer: A kidney donated from transplantation from any brain dead
donor over the age of 60 years; or from a donor over the age of 50 years
with a history of hypertension, the most recent creatinine greater than or
equal to 1.5 mg/dl, or death resulting from a cerebral vascular accident
(stroke)
⩥ Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA).
Answer: The primary healthcare agency of the federal government that
deals with health access issues. Its role is to make essential primary care
service abailable to poor, uninsured, and geographically underserved
populations. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Departmet of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is a
component of HRSA's Healthcare System Bureau (HSB). HRSA
provides funding for the OPTN contract.
⩥ Hepatitis B virus.
Answer: virus that causes inflammation of the liver; transmitted through
any body fluid, including vaginal secretions, semen, and blood. It is
spread through intravenous drug use, through sexual contact with
infected individuals, through exposure to infected body fluids, and
vertically from mother to child. Common symptoms include abdominal
pain, fatigue, fever, jaundice, and elevated liver enzymes.
⩥ Hepatitis C Virus (HCV).
