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Tissue and organ procurement in the emergency department setting

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1993
A retrospective chart review of all emergency department (ED) deaths in patients younger than 65 years in seven area hospitals was performed for the calendar year of 1990. The number and percentage of families approached and consenting to tissue donation among the various EDs was compared and reasons for not approaching families were evaluated for ...
L M, Lewis, L, Martin, T, Hoffman, B E, Ruoff   +3 more
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Organ and Tissue Transplantation: Nursing Care From Procurement Through Rehabilitation

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1992
Kathleen N. Moore
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Requesting Toxicological Specimens From Tissue Procurement Organizations

American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 2013
Opinions based on toxicology results are dependent, in part, upon the quality of the specimen's acquisition, storage, and chain of custody. The responsibility for these factors is often delegated to tissue and eye bank technicians. These technicians are not employees of the medical examiner (ME)'s office and may have no documented training related to ...
Robert S, Trim, Jeff, Jentzen, Genevieve, Penn   +2 more
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Organ, Tissue, and Eye Procurement

2022
Organ, tissue, and eye donation is an essential component of healthcare necessary to save and enhance the lives of others. The decision to honor a loved one's designation, or consent to donation on the behalf of an eligible donor, is a choice fraught with a multitude of competing factors which may provide stress among family decision-makers, and the ...
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Public Policy Governing Organ and Tissue Procurement in the United States

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1995
To determine why Required Request policies, which mandate that hospitals request donation from donor-eligible families, have not resulted in increased organ procurement.Stratified sample of 23 acute-care general hospitals in two metropolitan areas.Chart review identified all eligible donors in study hospitals during a 20-month period.
L A, Siminoff, R M, Arnold, A L, Caplan, B A, Virnig, D L, Seltzer   +4 more
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Bacterial Culture Surveillance in a Brazilian Organs and Tissues Procurement Program.

Transplantation, 2014
Marcia Raquel Panunto, M. de Omena Athayde, L. da Costa Sardinha, Lessa H. Zambelli, Somer Rodrigues, Bachega E. Montone, Sérgio Eduardo Alonso Araújo, I. Boin   +7 more
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Children as donors: a national study to assess procurement of organs and tissues in pediatric intensive care units

Transplant International, 2012
Marion J. Siebelink, Marcel J. I. J. Albers, Pétrie F. Roodbol, H.B.M. van de Wiel   +3 more
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NURSING AND THE PROCUREMENT OF ORGANS AND TISSUES IN THE ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL SETTING

Nursing Clinics of North America, 1998
Organ and tissue transplantations are now well established procedures; however, a scarcity of donors and the obstacles encountered during the procurement process have resulted in a growing shortage of organs and tissues. This paper reviews the issues surrounding the procurement process and the role that nurses play in that process. Two case studies are
L, Siminoff, C M, Saunders Sturm
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[Donation and procurement of organs and tissues, a public health duty].

Soins; la revue de reference infirmiere, 2003
A Atinault, Elisabeth Lepresle
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Organ and tissue procurement in the acute care setting: Principles and practice — part 2

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1990
In this two-part series on organ and tissue procurement in the acute care setting, the procurement problem, cost-benefit analysis, organizational development and framework, approach to surviving relatives, public attitudes, and brain death certification were discussed in part 1 (January 1990).
E P, Rivers, S M, Buse, B A, Bivins, H M, Horst   +3 more
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