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Articles tagged "Procurement"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Wave of the Future: Expanding Role and Necessity of the Dedicated Procurement Surgeon

    C. Strom, B. Cimsit, H. Nelson, F. Delmonico

    New England Donor Services, Waltham, MA

    *Purpose: To evaluate the quantitative and qualitative benefits of a dedicated procurement surgeon (DPS) across the transplant spectrum, including the DPS technical performance value for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Decline Rate and Outcomes of Shared Kidneys from OneLegacy OPO Donation Service Area in Los Angeles

    M. Hussain1, P. Homkalrias1, K. Wheeler2, G. Danovitch1, S. Bunnapradist1

    1UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 2OneLegacy, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Background: 20% recovered kidneys are discarded in the US. Southern California has a high number of End-Stage Kidney Disease patients and the waitlist time…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Center Cost is Not a Barrier to Aggressive Utilization of DCD Livers

    L. M. Brewer, D. M. Faulkner, A. J. Logan, J. M. Sneddon, G. N. Brock, N. Singh, W. K. Washburn, A. D. Schenk

    The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: Only 7% of livers transplanted in 2018 were from deceased from cardiac death (DCD) donors and only a minority of transplant centers aggressively utilize…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Has the Proportional Rise in Deceased Organ Donation Rate Over Last 5 Years Been Optimal? A Data-based, Forecasting Model Analysis of UNOS/NHSBT UK Donor Data

    H. Sharma1, A. Sharma2

    1Transplant and Vascular Access Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2Data Analytics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The increase in deceased donor numbers since last decade has been widely reported. We aim to analyse if the trend in rise of numbers…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Maximizing the Gift: One OPO’s Experience Maximizing the Gift of Organ Donation by Successfully Increasing the Number of Organs Transplanted from Non-Braindead Donors

    J. B. Nave, A. J. Boyer, C. A. Hostetler, C. C. Muse, R. A. Squires, J. P. Orlowski

    LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

    *Purpose: In 2018 in the United States, donation after circulatory death (DCD) cases accounted for 20% of deceased organ donor recoveries1. Our organ procurement organization's…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Mobile Application for Communication Increases the Efficiency of Organ Procurement and Transplantation

    E. Pahl

    Health Informatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

    *Purpose: Donor organ recovery is a complex process involving organ procurement organizations and multiple surgical teams from various transplant centers. According to the Organ Preservation…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Automated Electronic Donor Referrals Have Increased Donation

    J. Piano

    Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA

    *Purpose: It is broadly understood and supported by previous studies that disruptive inefficiencies exist in the hospital to Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) donor referral process,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation

    T. Giordano1, L. Suplee2, J. L. Weinstock3, R. D. Hasz4, H. M. Nathan5

    1Family Support Manager, Caregiver Lifeline Program, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA, 2Director, Transplant Information Center, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 3Vice President and General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 4Vice President of Clinical Services, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 5President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Report of Organ Offers Linked with Instant Messaging Data Provides a Basis for Quality Improvement

    E. Pahl

    Health Informatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

    *Purpose: Thousands of viable organs are discarded every year with incorrect or inappropriate reasons for declination. One limitation on the accessibility of organ transplantation is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Transportation Innovation for Human Organs: Surgical Perspectives and Implications

    T. Talaie, S. Niederhaus, E. Villalonga, J. Bromberg, J. Scalea

    Transplant Surgery, Unviersity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Recent changes in allocation and the ongoing organ donor shortage have led to increased regional and national sharing, putting intense pressure on the organ…
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