Protecting the health and safety of cell and tissue donors [PDF]
ISBT Science Series, 2015 AbstractCentres involved with collecting the starting material for cell and tissue therapies are obligated to protect the recipient's and donor's health and safety. All donors face risks during and after the collection which can be minimized by pre‐screening donors and excluding those that the collection would place at increased risk of physical harm ...
David F. Stroncek, Lee England
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Probability of Viremia with HBV, HCV, HIV, and HTLV among Tissue Donors in the United States [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2004 BACKGROUND Tissue-banking organizations in the United States have introduced various review and testing procedures to reduce the risk of the transmission of viral infections from tissue grafts.
Shimian Zou +3 more
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Screening of post-mortem tissue donors for Coxiella burnetii infection after large outbreaks of Q fever in The Netherlands [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2014 BackgroundAfter the largest outbreaks of Q fever ever recorded in history occurred in the Netherlands, concern arose that Coxiella may be transmitted via donated tissues of latent or chronically infected donors.
Marja J. van Wijk +5 more
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Electron donors in tissues. [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1968 John A. McLaughlin
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Tissue Banking: Relationship with Blood Donor and Organ Donor Card Status [PDF]
ISRN Urology, 2012 Understanding the relationships among altruistic health acts may serve to aid therapeutic research advances. In this paper, we report on the links between two such behaviours—donating blood and carrying an organ donor card—and willingness to donate ...
Fitzpatrick, Patricia E. +2 more
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Implementation Intentions as a Strategy to Increase the Notification Rate of Potential Ocular Tissue Donors by Nurses: A Clustered Randomized Trial in Hospital Settings [PDF]
Nursing Research and Practice, 2014 Aim. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact, among nurses in hospital settings, of a questionnaire-based implementation intentions intervention on notification of potential ocular tissue donors to donation stakeholders. Methods.
Frédéric Douville +3 more
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Post nephrectomy renal function: Donor nephrectomy vs. radical nephrectomy [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Monitoring the renal function following donor nephrectomy (DN) or radical nephrectomy (RN) due to kidney tumors is considered essential. The aim of this study was to compare pre-operative and post-operative renal function in patients who ...
Tadić Jelena +6 more
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Novel protocol for selection of SARS-CoV2 convalenscent plasma donors [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 2019 infection represents a global problem. At this moment, in October 2020, there is no vaccine or efficient treatment for infected patients.
Ostojić Gordana +10 more
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COVID-19 positivity rate in corneal tissue donors – A cause for concern!
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: To determine the postmortem positivity for COVID-19 among voluntary eye donors who had been certified to have died of non-COVID-19 causes.
Sharon D'Souza +7 more
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Screening of organ and tissue donors for rabies [PDF]
The Lancet, 2004 Alan C. Jackson
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