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A Hospital-Based Study on Attitude and Knowledge of Blood Donation and Practice of Blood Donation Among People in Kabul City, Afghanistan [PDF]

Anemia
This hospital-based study assessed attitudes, knowledge, and practices regarding blood donation in Kabul City, Afghanistan, focusing on whether demographic factors influence donor behavior. Through a hospital-based approach, using a survey questionnaire,
Ahmad Khan, Melanie M. Tidman, Hasibullah Najib   +2 more
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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and How Blood Operators Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic

Viruses, 2022
Humans interact with virus-infected animal hosts, travel globally, and maintain social networks that allow for novel viruses to emerge and develop pandemic potential.
Steven J. Drews, Sheila F. O’Brien
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The COVID-19 pandemic and organ donation and transplantation: ethical issues

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the health system worldwide. The organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) system is no exception and has had to face ethical challenges related to the pandemic, such as risks of
Ban Ibrahim, Rosanne Dawson, Jennifer A. Chandler, Aviva Goldberg, David Hartell, Laura Hornby, Christy Simpson, Matthew-John Weiss, Lindsay C. Wilson, T. Murray Wilson, Marie-Chantal Fortin   +10 more
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Organ Donation Organization Architecture: Recommendations From an International Consensus Forum

Transplantation Direct, 2023
Background. This report contains recommendations from 1 of 7 domains of the International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum (the Forum).
Claire Williment, BA(Hons), Louis Beaulieu, MOA, Anthony Clarkson, MSc, Susan Gunderson, MHA, David Hartell, MA, Manuel Escoto, MPH, Richard Ippersiel, Linda Powell, BScPT, Gunter Kirste, MD, Howard M. Nathan, DHL, Helen Opdam, MBBS, Matthew J. Weiss, MD   +11 more
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Endothelial failure and rejection in recipients of corneas from the same donor

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2022
Objective To determine whether patients who receive corneas from the same donor have similar risks of endothelial failure and rejection.Methods and Analysis Patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FED) and pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) who ...
Vito Romano, Stephen B Kaye, Lewis Downward, Mahmoud Ahmed, Cathy Hopkinson, Elinor Curnow   +5 more
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Family refusal of eye tissue donation from potential solid organ donors: a retrospective analysis of summary and free-text data from the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant Services (NHS-BT) National Referral Centre (1 April 2014 to 31 March 2017)

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Long-standing undersupply of eye tissue exists both in the UK and globally, and the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant Service (NHSBT) has called for further research exploring barriers to eye donation.
Tracy Long-Sutehall, Mike Bracher, Banyana C Madi-Segwagwe, Emma Winstanley, Helen Gillan   +4 more
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A Program of Research to Evaluate the Impact of Deceased Organ Donation Legislative Reform in Nova Scotia: The LEADDR Program

Transplantation Direct, 2021
Background. This is the first time deemed consent, where the entire population of a jurisdiction is considered to have consented for donation unless they have registered otherwise, will be implemented in North America.
Matthew J. Weiss, MD, Kristina Krmpotic, MD, MSc, Tim Cyr, MS, Sonny Dhanani, BSc Pharm, MD, Mélanie Dieudé, PhD, Jade S. Dirk, BSc, David Hartell, BSc, MA, Cynthia Isenor, RN, MScN, Lee James, RN, BSN, MN, Amanda Lucas, RN, MN, PhD, Chelsea Patriquin, BA, Christy Simpson, PhD, Victoria L. Sullivan, BN, RN, MHS, Karthik K. Tennankore, MD, SM, Jennifer Thurlow, MSc, Robin Urquhart, PhD, Hans Vorster, BASc, Stephen D. Beed, MD, on behalf of the LEADDR Program   +18 more
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Burnout and compassion fatigue among organ and tissue donation coordinators: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives To collate and synthesise available literature on burnout and compassion fatigue (CF) among organ and tissue donation coordinators (OTDCs) and to respond to the research question: what is known about burnout and CF among OTDCs worldwide?Design
Sonny Dhanani, Amber Appleby, Ken Lotherington, Vanessa Silva e Silva, Laura Hornby, Joan Almost, Amina Regina Silva, Andrea Rochon   +7 more
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Influence of blood donation service on the autonomous motivation of blood donors

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To explore the influence of blood donors′ demographic characteristics and blood donation service experience on voluntary blood donation motivation.
Wenjuan HAN, Xianwen LI
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Providing health checks as incentives to retain blood donors — evidence from two field experiments [PDF]

, 2018
The collection of blood given by donors has proven to be a substantial societal and a managerial challenge. Consequently, blood donation services seek for incentive mechanisms to retain donors.
Clement, Michel, de Vries, Martha, Leipnitz, Sigrun, Mazar, Nina   +3 more
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