These cultures are required an all deceased organ donors.
What are blood and urine cultures.
2.2.4.1
100
This is the UNOS definition of an ECD (expanded criteria donor)
What is any donor >/= 60 OR any donor age 50-59 with two of the following: COD was a CVA, history of HTN at any time, creatinine > 1.5
100
This is one of the president's of the United States during the 1970's
Who is Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter
100
These 3 are defined by UNOS as "external transport containers" for organs.
What are disposable shipping boxes, coolers and mechanical preservation machines.
5.1
100
This is when a recipient's ABO is compatible with the donor's ABO and both the recipient and donor have the same six HLA angtigens.
What is 'zero antigen mismatch'
3.5.3.1
200
These are the unique tests required only for heart and lung donors.
What are 12 lead EKG, echocardiogram, sputum gram stain?
2.2.4.4 & 2.2.4.6
200
A donor must meet at least two of these criteria in order to be considered for 2:1 kidney donation.
What are: age > 60, estimated admission creatinine clearance < 65, rising creatinine (> 2.5) at time of retrieval, history of longstanding HTN or DM, glomerulosclerosis > 15% and < 50%
3.5.7
200
This popular brand of athletic shoe debuted in 1972
What is NIKE
200
The kidney casette must be labeled with these items.
What are the organ (L v. R kidney), ABO, & UNOS ID
5.1.3
200
These are the recertification parameters for Status 1A liver recipients.
What are:
1. recertify every 7 days, lab values must not be more than 48 hours old
3.6.4.1.1
300
All blood samples from an organ donor that are to be used for screening test must be tested for this.
What is hemodilution?
300
These are the factors used to calculate a recipient's MELD score.
What are the creatinine, bilirubin and INR
3.6.4.1
300
He was the top-selling musical artist of the decade (1970's)
Who is Elton John?
300
These organs do not require packaging in a rigid container.
What are the heart, lungs, livers and intestines.
5.2
300
These are the two methods that can be used to verify a donor's ABO.
What are:
1. Blood samples tested at two different laboratories
2. Blood samples tested at one laboratory from two different draw times.
3.2.4
400
These are the items (other than essential documents) that must be packaged with each kidney and pancreas.
What are:
1. One red top tube
2. Two yellow top tubes
3. Three to five lymph nodes
4. One 2x4 cm wedge of spleen if available
2.5.4
400
These are the 5 geographic zones which are used for allocation of thoracic organs.
What are Zone A (0-500 miles), Zone B (501-1000), Zone C (1001 - 1500), Zone D (1500 - 2500), Zone E (>2500)
3.7.2
400
These are three of the actresses who starred in the hit TV show "Charlie's Angels"
Who are: Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Shelly Hack, Tanya Roberts
400
Labeling of vessels must include this information.
What are the recovery date, ABO, infectious disease testing, container contents & UNOS ID
5.4.3
500
They have the first option of removing a non-renal organ in a brain dead or DCD donor.
Who is the recipient transplant center.
2.7
500
Donors who meet this criteria will appear on the match run as potential split-liver donors.
What are donors < 40 years of age, on a single vasopressor or less, transaminases no greather than 3 times normal, BMI of 28 or less
3.6.11
500
In 1970, the United Nations implemented a nonproliferation treaty to stop the spread of this kind of weapon.
What are nuclear weapons
500
This documentation must be included when packaging an organ.
What are the ABO/subtyping source documentation, infectious disease testing, medical/behavioral history form, donor evaluation/record, authorization form, OR pages
5.5.1
500
These are the factors used to calculate a recipient's PELD score.
What are the albumin, total bilirubin, INR, age, and growth failure score.
3.6.4.2