AST CEU EXAM 2024-2025 |ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS ) ALREADY GRADED A+. Which of the following is not a Patient Blood Management (PBM) multidisciplinary approach to transfusions? - ANSWER-Use of fibrolytics What is not considered an obstacle across the surgical specialties when it comes to using a cell saver? - ANSWER-Patients How is blood collected with the cell saver and readied for reinfusion into the patient? - ANSWER-Low pressure suction into reservoir, blood mixed with anticoagulant, passes through filter, separated via centrifugation, washed with 0.9% saline and pumped back into bag Which of the following is not considered a potential contamination for using the cell saver? - ANSWER-Blood with saline irrigation What is the recommended time frame for postoperative salvaged blood to be re-infused? - ANSWER-6 hours What is administered if the patient's activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) is elevated? - ANSWER-Protamine What is a disadvantage of using a leukocyte depletion filter (LDF) with the cell saver? - ANSWER-Slow infusion rateWhat is the vacuum pressure setting to prevent hemolysis? - ANSWER-100-150 mmHg Which of the following must be listed on the re-infusion bag label? - ANSWER-Time of salvage Which procedure is a cell saver not necessary?