Fine-tuning tissue management
Managing allograft tissue is a challenge for a single facility. Developing a tissue management process for a health system takes the challenge to a new level. That was the situation facing the Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, North Carolina, which has 7 surgical sites on 6 campuses. During a Joint…
Being prepared for donation after cardiac death
Depending on your perspective, donation after cardiac death (DCD) is a welcome boost for organ donation or an ethical quagmire. Trends in donation after cardiac death Donation after cardiac death accounts for a small but growing number of organ donations. Because each donor often provides mutliple organs, DCD might make…
Tissue-tracking requirements: Putting all the pieces together
If you receive a recall letter from a tissue supplier, how quickly could you identify which patients received that tissue? If one of your surgeons reports an infection in a patient who received a tissue graft, how will you follow up? Tracking of tissue is a patient safety issue—consider the…
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