CPTC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE GRADED
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AOPO
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, non-profit national representative of
OPOs, provides education, research, information sharing, and technical assistance.
What is the non-profit national representative of OPOs?
AOPO
What association provides technical assistance, research, and education?
AOPO
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of DHHS and offers financial
coverage for ESRD patients, funds kidney and organ transplants, holds hospitals
accountable for timely referrals
Who holds hospitals accountable for timely referrals?
CMS
Who funds kidneys, and essentially, all organ transplants?
CMS
,DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration, primary federal healthcare agency for
handling healthcare access issues, division of DHHS, provides funding for OPTN
contracts
Who provides funding for OPTN contracts?
HRSA
Who is responsible for handling healthcare access issues?
HRSA
DoT
Department of Transplantation, component of HRSA's Healthcare systems Bureau
NATCO
North America Transplant Coordinator Organization, non-profit organization for
transplant and procurement clinicians, an OPTN member
What is the non-profit organization for transplant and procurement clinicians?
NATCO
OPTN
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, public-private partnership linking all
professionals in US donation and transplantation, goals are to increase number of
organs available for transplant, improve survival rates, promote patient safety and
efficient management
UAGA
,Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, passed in 1968 to increased number of organs available
for transplant, supports first person authorization
What organization is meant to improve survival rates and the number of organs
available for transplant?
OPTN
What act supports first person authorization?
UAGA
UDDA
Uniform Determination of Death Act, Revised in 1985 to define death as 1. irreversible
cessation of respiratory and circulatory function or 2. irreversible cessation of all brain
function
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing, private-non-profit organization that manages organ
transplantation system and works under federal government to bring transplant and
procurement organizations together.
Who manages the organ transplantation system?
UNOS
How to OPOs classify death?
Imminent, Eligible, and neither
What are the two criteria that must be met to consider "imminent death"?
Meets eligible death definition but not legally declared AND has severe neuro injury
requiring vent support without OBV and lacking 2 BSRs
What is the 80/20 rule?
, 80% of donors comes from 20% of hospitals
What is an imminent death?
A patient that meets death criteria with a neuro injury but has not been declared
What is eligible death?
A patient who has been declared BD, under 75, weighs >5kg, BMI<50 with one
transplantable organ
Age must be under what to be considered eligible death?
75
To be considered an eligible death the patient must weight how much?
5kg
To be considered an eligible death the patient's BMI must be less than...
50
How is conversion rate calculated?
The number of donors who survived to OR divided by the number of donors who were
eligible
Kidney Rule-Outs
>70 years old, 50-69 years old with diabetes for >20 years, polycystic kidney disease,
glomerulosclerosis >20%, creatinine >4, chronic renal failure, anuric for 24 hours
A donor who is over ___ typically cannot donate their kidneys.
70
If a donor has had diabetes for more than ___ years and is ____, typically they
cannot donate their kidneys.
20 years, 50-69
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE GRADED
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AOPO
Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, non-profit national representative of
OPOs, provides education, research, information sharing, and technical assistance.
What is the non-profit national representative of OPOs?
AOPO
What association provides technical assistance, research, and education?
AOPO
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of DHHS and offers financial
coverage for ESRD patients, funds kidney and organ transplants, holds hospitals
accountable for timely referrals
Who holds hospitals accountable for timely referrals?
CMS
Who funds kidneys, and essentially, all organ transplants?
CMS
,DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration, primary federal healthcare agency for
handling healthcare access issues, division of DHHS, provides funding for OPTN
contracts
Who provides funding for OPTN contracts?
HRSA
Who is responsible for handling healthcare access issues?
HRSA
DoT
Department of Transplantation, component of HRSA's Healthcare systems Bureau
NATCO
North America Transplant Coordinator Organization, non-profit organization for
transplant and procurement clinicians, an OPTN member
What is the non-profit organization for transplant and procurement clinicians?
NATCO
OPTN
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, public-private partnership linking all
professionals in US donation and transplantation, goals are to increase number of
organs available for transplant, improve survival rates, promote patient safety and
efficient management
UAGA
,Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, passed in 1968 to increased number of organs available
for transplant, supports first person authorization
What organization is meant to improve survival rates and the number of organs
available for transplant?
OPTN
What act supports first person authorization?
UAGA
UDDA
Uniform Determination of Death Act, Revised in 1985 to define death as 1. irreversible
cessation of respiratory and circulatory function or 2. irreversible cessation of all brain
function
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing, private-non-profit organization that manages organ
transplantation system and works under federal government to bring transplant and
procurement organizations together.
Who manages the organ transplantation system?
UNOS
How to OPOs classify death?
Imminent, Eligible, and neither
What are the two criteria that must be met to consider "imminent death"?
Meets eligible death definition but not legally declared AND has severe neuro injury
requiring vent support without OBV and lacking 2 BSRs
What is the 80/20 rule?
, 80% of donors comes from 20% of hospitals
What is an imminent death?
A patient that meets death criteria with a neuro injury but has not been declared
What is eligible death?
A patient who has been declared BD, under 75, weighs >5kg, BMI<50 with one
transplantable organ
Age must be under what to be considered eligible death?
75
To be considered an eligible death the patient must weight how much?
5kg
To be considered an eligible death the patient's BMI must be less than...
50
How is conversion rate calculated?
The number of donors who survived to OR divided by the number of donors who were
eligible
Kidney Rule-Outs
>70 years old, 50-69 years old with diabetes for >20 years, polycystic kidney disease,
glomerulosclerosis >20%, creatinine >4, chronic renal failure, anuric for 24 hours
A donor who is over ___ typically cannot donate their kidneys.
70
If a donor has had diabetes for more than ___ years and is ____, typically they
cannot donate their kidneys.
20 years, 50-69
