Blood banking and transfusion
Pathology · Topic 21
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume I · Pathology · Topic 21 · combined PDF page 193
Practice questions
- A blood service aims to reduce the infectious window for transfusion-transmitted pathogens. Which approach is best supported by the supplied review?
- Why does adding nucleic acid testing to serological screening improve transfusion safety, according to the supplied review?
- In the transfusion-infection review supplied, which problem was identified as the greatest remaining infectious-disease risk?
- An immunocompromised recipient is considered at risk for transfusion-associated CMV. Which measures does the supplied review describe as able to prevent most CMV infections in such patients?
- Which pairing of product and pathogen-reduction approach is described in the supplied review?
- Which statement best reflects the supplied review's contrast between infection prevention for noncellular and cellular blood products?
- Which group consists entirely of emerging or geographically variable transfusion-transmissible threats listed in the supplied review?
- A blood service reviews its infection-risk estimates across several regions. Which factor combination is identified in the supplied review as contributing to variation in infection frequency?
- A clinician is deciding whether to transfuse red cells in a patient whose haemoglobin is near a conventional threshold but whose clinical status is stable. Which principle is supported by the supplied review of transfusion practice?
- In the physiologic framework described by the supplied review, which information is relevant when assessing a patient's ability to tolerate haemodilution?
- A patient needs therapeutic apheresis. According to the supplied review, which service role is part of the blood-bank and transfusion-medicine contribution?
- Which sequence most closely represents the blood-component pathway described in the supplied apheresis review?
- A transfusion service is redesigning its processes. Which outcome was associated with automation in the supplied systematic mapping review?
- A process-mapping team claims that detailed models of component preparation and serologic testing were already well represented in the literature reviewed by Elhaj and colleagues. Which response best matches that review?
- A transfusion service plans to reduce risk in its routine work. Which statement best reflects the supplied quality-improvement review?
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, a blood service faces reduced collection and seeks to protect donors. Which response is consistent with the supplied review?
- A committee asks whether the supplied COVID-19 review established convalescent plasma as an effective and safe therapy. What is the best answer based on that review?
- Which set of physiologic measures is specifically included in the supplied review's discussion of assessing red-cell mass and oxygen-carrying capacity?
- A clinician is considering component support in a patient with a coagulation abnormality. Which principle is supported by the supplied transfusion-practice review?