AATB Relevant Times
Temperatures ranging from above freezing (0°C) to 10°C are called
Wet ice temperatures
What is the easiest way to ensure that your desire to be an organ donor is honored upon death?
DMV/BMV Registration
According to BioTissue criteria, what is the acceptable gestational age range for donation?
34-42 weeks
How many lives can be healed through 1 Tissue Donor?
75-125 lives!
What year was BioTissue Founded?
1997
Name the voluntary accreditation agency that regulates tissue banking
AATB
If the post-mortem Donor is cooled for a period of time and then not cooled for a period of time, the time period the donor is not cooled cannot exceed how many cumulative hours?
15
How many lives can be saved through 1 Organ Donor?
8!
How many days do you have to obtain a blood sample for a birth tissue donor?
7 days prior to delivery
Name 3 tissue types that can be donated
Placenta, umbilical cord, Skin (full-thickness, split-thickness), bones, tendons, heart valves, saphenous veins, femoral vessels, aortoiliac artery, corneas, whole globe
In 2011, what second commercial entity was founded
Amniox
Name the governing body regulates the activities of tissue donation
FDA
Skin prep shall begin within how many hours of asystole, provided the donor was cooled within 12 hours for asystole?
24 hours
What are the only 2 life-saving organs that can be donated by a living donor?
Liver and Kidney
A diagnosis of cancer can be accepted if it is which type(s)? What additional information do you need?
Basal cell carcinoma or Squamous cell carcinoma, with results of pathology
Name the positive lab test that is acceptable for birth tissue donation
A pregnancy test
Name the family of biologic corneal bandage devices
Prokera
Name the organization that is the national brand representing organ, tissue and eye donation
Donate Life America
Define Warm Ischemic Time for cardiac tissue:
The time interval from asystole to subjecting the cardiac tissue to cold rinse solution at recovery.
Multiple choice question!
How many people are currently waiting for a solid organ transplant in the US?
a) 70,000
b) 100,000
c) 200,000
d) 300, 000
b) 100,000 people are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants.
When does our Appex state that a physical examination must occur?
14 days prior to delivery or upon admission to the hospital for delivery.
A donor who has engaged in high-risk activity such as prostitution, IV drug use, or jail time exceeding 72 consecutive hours is excluded from donation for how long?:
12 months
How many successful human transplantations does BioTissue have?
Over 500,000
Name the organization that is tasked with the allocation of transplantable organs
UNOS
Vein perfusion time shall not exceed how many hours from asystole?
12 hours
What are the organs that can we donated by a deceased or brain dead donor?
Liver, 2 kidneys, Heart, 2 Lungs, Pancreas, Intestine
Can a donor mother with a diagnosis of genital herpes be accepted? If yes, what additional information needs to be present?
Yes. Active or Inactive herpes, no signs or symptoms, and history of treatment.
Donor with unexplained neurological degeneration or Alzheimer's are excluded as a precaution for what disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
In 2014, The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce named business unit BioTissue "Blank" Of the Year:
Minority-Owned Business of the Year
Name the What public private partnership organization that regulates organ donation
OPTN