2019 American Transplant Congress
Need For Protocol Driven Mmr/vzv Serologic Screening
*Purpose: The current American Society of Transplantation-ID guidelines recommend the MMR and VZV serologic screening pre transplantation for of all persons born after 1956. MMR…2019 American Transplant Congress
Room for Improvement: Adherence to Vaccination Recommendations in a Heart Transplant Cohort
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Vaccination of solid organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients is vital to decrease infection-related morbidity and mortality. However, published reports have shown that adherence…2019 American Transplant Congress
Hit Me with Your Best Shot! Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Live Vaccination Administration in Pediatric Transplant Candidates
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Pre-transplant live vaccination rates are suboptimal in pediatric patients with end-stage organ disease. Ensuring live vaccine administration prior to transplant (txp) confers the best…2019 American Transplant Congress
QA of MMR/VZV Protocol-Driven Serologic Screening and Infectious Disease Consultation (IDC) Are Strongly Recommended in Heart, Lung, Liver (HLL) SOTs
*Purpose: SOT recipients are at risk of acquiring life-threatening infections putting their graft and life at risk. Prevention, including immunization with live virus vaccines pre-transplantation…2019 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Impact on Vaccinations Rates in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The purpose of this project is to determine the impact pharmacists have on cardiothoracic transplant recipients’ vaccination status at the time of transplant surgery.*Methods:…2019 American Transplant Congress
Yellow Fever and Renal Transplantation: Influence of Vaccination and Infection on the Emergence of Antibody-Mediated Rejection
*Purpose: Yellow fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by mosquitos, with variable clinical disease manifestations from a mild, undifferentiated febrile illness to severe…2019 American Transplant Congress
The High Burden of Vaccine Preventable Infections Following Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant
*Purpose: Pediatric transplant recipients are at risk for vaccine preventable infections due to immunosuppression, suboptimal response to vaccines before and after transplant, and potential under-immunization…2019 American Transplant Congress
Immunization Status at the Time of Pediatric Liver Transplant: A 1-year Study through The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Vaccine preventable infections are a serious and common complication following transplant. Immunizations are a minimally invasive and cost-effective approach to reducing infections. The objectives…2019 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Pre-Transplant Immunization: A Qualitative Study of Pediatric Liver-Transplant Stakeholders
*Purpose: Less than 30% of pediatric liver transplant recipients are up-to-date on age-appropriate immunizations at the time of transplant despite being at high-risk for infections…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preoperative Rifaximin Use on Reducing Graft Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Matched Analysis
Department of Surgery, The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Intestinal microbiota are thought to play an important role in affecting the multifactorial and complex mechanisms of hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) after liver…
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