Fun Quiz: Test Your Blood Bank and Immunohematology Knowledge

#1. Cephalosporin can cause a positive DAT with hemolysis by which of the following mechanisms?

Drug dependent antibodies reacting in the presence of a drug

Drug dependent antibodies reacting with drug treated cells

Drug independent with autoantibody production

Non-immunologic protein adsorption with positive DAT

#2. What is the blood type of Bombays when routine ABO blood typing is performed?

Type A

Type AB

Type O

Type B

#3. Up to 75% of patients who have had this infection will develop cold agglutinins disease

Mycoplasma

Meningitis

MRSA

Rheumatic fever

Tuberculosis

#4. A person who donates blood with the intent that he will receive his own blood during a future surgery is called what kind of donor

Volunteer

Apheresis

Indigenous

Autologous

Allogeneic

#5. What is the most appropriate diluent for preparing a solution of 8% bovine albumin for red cell control reagent?

Normal saline

Alserver solution

Deionized water

Distilled water

#6. False positive results and false negative results can be obtained by sloppy technique. Which of the following causes a false positive result

Reagent deterioration

Expired reagents

Incorrect volume pipetted

Bacterial contamination of the reagent

Incorrect check cells used

#7. A rare and usually fatal complication of blood transfusion in which lymphocytes from the transfused blood component attack the recipient’s tissues, especially the skin, bone marrow, and gastrointestinal tract

Anaphylaxis

Febrile reaction

Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI)

Graft versus host disease

Citrate anticoagulant toxicity

#8. ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn

Usually requires an exchange transfusion

Frequently results in still birth

Most often occurs in first born children

Usually seen only in the newborn of group O mothers

#9. Which apheresis platelets product should be irradiated?

A direct donation given by an unrelated family friend

Random stock unit going to a patient with DIC

A direct donation given by a mother for her son

Autologous unit collected prior to surgery

#10. What is the purpose of the Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)

To check for ABO incompatibilities

To confirm the presence of cold agglutinins

To detect in vivo sensitized red blood cells

To detect allogeneic antibodies in serum

To detect in vitro sensitized red blood cells

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