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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COVID-19 positivity rate in corneal tissue donors - A cause for concern! [PDF]
Indian J Ophthalmol, 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.
D'Souza S +7 more
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Comparison of Total Immunoglobulin G in Ante- and Postmortem Blood Samples from Tissue Donors. [PDF]
Transfus Med Hemother, 2021 Background: A serology testing for infectious diseases (HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis) is mandatory in tissue donors. In many donors postmortem blood is the only sample available. Even though serological tests and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAT)
Larscheid G +6 more
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Retrospective study of COVID-19 seroprevalence among tissue donors at the onset of the outbreak before implementation of strict lockdown measures in France. [PDF]
Cell Tissue Bank, 2021 Background The COVID-19 pandemic has altered organ and tissue donations as well as transplantation practices. SARS-CoV-2 serological tests could help in the selection of donors. We assessed COVID-19 seroprevalence in a population of tissue donors, at the
Germain N +6 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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Protecting the Health and Safety of Cell and Tissue Donors. [PDF]
ISBT Sci Ser, 2015 Stroncek DF, England L.
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Skin bank of Curitiba, Brazil: epidemiology of donors and recipients [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2021 Introduction: Homologous skin grafting may represent the difference between the life and death of large burned patients. Its use consists of a precious treatment when there is no availability of autologous graft.
Giovana Landal de Almeida Lobo +5 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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Kidney Transplantation from Donor with SARS-CoV-2 Positivity in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, 2022 Due to uncertainties about the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, the donation of organs from individuals with suspected or confirmed infection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is absolute ...
Clara Danielly Campos de Carvalho Silva +4 more
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