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Practices 5th Edition – By Paula Howard
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|Verified Chapter's 1 -16 | Complete
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,Table of Contents f f
Part I: QualityandSafety Issues
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1. Quality Assurance and Regulation of the Blood Industry: Safety Issues in the Blood Bank…………………………….3 Part II:
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Foundations: BasicSciences andReagents
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2. Immunology:BasicPrinciplesandApplicationsintheBloodBank…………………………………………………….8 f f f f f f f f f
3. Blood Banking Reagents: Overview and Applications……………………………………………………………………13 4. GeneticPrinciplesin
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BloodBanking……………………………………………………………………………………….18 Part III:Overview ofthe Major BloodGroups
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5. ABO and H Blood Group Systems and Secretor Status………………………………………………………………….22
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System……………………………………………………………………………………………………26
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7. OtherRedCellBloodGroupSystems,HumanLeukocyteAntigens,andPlateletAntigens………………………….30 PartIV:
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Essentials ofPretransfusionTesting
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8. Antibody Detection and Identification……………………………………………………………………………………34 9. Compatibility
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f Testing………………………………………………………………………………………………………38
10. Blood Bank Automation for Transfusion Services………………………………………………………………………44 Part V: Clinical
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ConsiderationsinImmunohematology
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11. AdverseComplicationsofTransfusions………………………………………………………………………………….46
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12. HemolyticDiseaseoftheFetusandNewborn……………………………………………………………………………50 Part VI: BloodCollecting
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andTesting
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13. Donor Selection and Phlebotomy………………………………………………………………………………………….55 14. Testing of Donor
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Blood…………………………………………………………………………………………………….60
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TransfusionTherapy
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15. BloodComponentPreparationandTherapy…………………………………………………………………………….63
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16. TransfusionTherapyinSelectedPatients………………………………………………………………………………..66 f f f f f
,Chapter 01: QualityAssurance andRegulation ofthe BloodIndustry andSafety Issues inthe BloodBank Howard:Basic&
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AppliedConcepts ofBloodBanking andTransfusionPractices, 5thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE f
1. Biosafety levels determine: f f
a. on what floor certain infectious disease testing can be performed.
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b. the degree of risk for certain areas of a health care facilityto exposure to
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finfectious diseases. f
c. the amount of ventilation required in a transfusion service.
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d. how many biohazardous waste containers a laboratory must have.
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ANS: B f
OSHA defines biosafety levels based on potential exposure to infectious material.
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DIF: Level 1 f
2. A laboratorytechnologist decided she would like to bring her lab coat home for laundering because it had too manywrinkles when
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it was returned bythe laboratory’s laundry service. Is this practice acceptable?
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a. Yes, if she uses 10% bleach f f f f f
b. Yes, if she clears it with her supervisor f f f f f f f
c. Yes, as long as she removes the coat and does not wear it home
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d. No, because the laboratory is a biosafety level2, and lab coats may not be
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removed f
ANS: D f
Methods of transporting the lab coat and the risk of contamination do not permit health care workers to bring lab coats home for
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cleaning.
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DIF: Level 2 f
3. Personalprotective equipment includes: f f f
a. safety glasses. f
b. splash barriers. f
c. masks.
d. All of the above f f f
ANS: D f
Safetyglasses, splash barriers, and masks are types of personalprotective devices.
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DIF: Level 1 f
4. At what point in the employment process should safetytraining take place?
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a. During orientation and training f f f
b. Following lab training when employees are more familiar with their f f f f f f f f f
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c. Following the employees’ first evaluation f f f f
d. Before independent work is permitted and annuallythereafter f f f f f f f
ANS: D f
The Occupation Safetyand Health Administration requires safetytraining before independent work is permitted and annually
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fthereafter.
DIF: Level 1 f
5. In safetytraining, employees must become familiar with all of the following except:
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a. tasks that have an infectious risk. f f f f f
b. limits of protective clothing and equipment. f f f f f
c. the appropriate action to take if exposure occurs.f f f f f f f
d. how to perform cardiopulmonaryresuscitation on a donor or other employee.
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ANS: D f
The Occupational Safetyand Health Administration requirements include all of those listed except cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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DIF: Level 1 f
6. Blood irradiators require all of the following safety procedures except:
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a. proper training. f
b. that the user have a degree in radiology. f f f f f f f
c. equipment leak detection. f f
d. personalprotective equipment. f f
ANS: B f
Blood bank and transfusion service technologists require training but not a degree to use a blood irradiator.
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DIF: Level 2 f
, 7. Which of the following is true regarding good manufacturing practices (GMPs)?
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a. GMPs are legalrequirements established by the Food and Drug Administration. f f f f f f f f f f
b. GMPs are optional guidelines written by the AABB. f f f f f f f
c. GMPs are required only by pharmaceutical companies. f f f f f f
d. GMPs are part of the qualitycontrol requirements for blood products. f f f f f f f f f f
ANS: A f
Good manufacturing practices are requirements established by the Food and Drug Administration.
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DIF: Level 1 f
8. Which of the following is an example of an unacceptable record-keeping procedure?
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a. Using dittos in columns to save time f f f f f f
b. Recording the date and initials next to a correction f f f f f f f f
c. Not deleting the original entrywhen making a correction f f f f f f f f
d. Always using permanent ink on all records f f f f f f
ANS: A f
All records must be clearly written. Dittos are unacceptable.
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DIF: Level 1 f
9. A technologist in training noticed that the person training her had not recordedthe results of a test. To be helpful, she carefully
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f recordedthe results she saw at a later time, using the technologist’s initials. Is this an acceptable procedure?
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a. Yes; all results must be recorded regardless of who did the test.
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b. No; she should have brought the error to the technologist’s attention.
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c. Yes; because she used the other technologist’s initials. f f f f f f f
d. Yes; as long as she records the result in pencil. f f f f f f f f f
ANS: B f
This is an example of poor record keeping; results must be recorded when the test is performed and bythe person doing the test.
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DIF: Level 3 f
10. Unacceptable quality control results for the antiglobulin test performed in test tubes may be noticed if: f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. preventive maintenance has not been performed on the cell washer. f f f f f f f f f
b. the technologist performing the test was never trained.
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c. the reagents used were improperlystored. f f f f f
d. All of the above f f f
ANS: D f
Training, equipment maintenance, and reagent qualitycan affect quality control.
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DIF: Level 2 f
11. All of the following are true regarding competency testing except:
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a. it must be performed following training.
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b. it must be performed on an annual basis.
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c. it is required only if the technologist has no experience.
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d. retraining is required if there is a failure in competency testing. f f f f f f f f f f
ANS: C f
All employees must have competencytesting following training and annually thereafter. If there is a failure in competency testing,
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DIF: Level 2 f
12. Which of the following organizations are involved in the regulation of blood banks?
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a. The Joint Commission f f
b. AABB
c. College of American Pathologists f f f
d. Food and Drug Administration f f f
ANS: D f
The Food and Drug Administration regulates blood banks, whereas the other organizations are involved in accreditation.
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DIF: Level 1 f
13. All of the following are responsibilities of the qualityassurance department of a blood bank except:
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a. performing internal audits. f f
b. performing quality control. f f
c. reviewing standard operating procedures. f f f
d. reviewing and approving training programs. f f f f
ANS: B f
Qualitycontrol is performed in the laboratory, not bythe quality assurance department.
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DIF: Level 2 f