Quality and safety in the Italian donor evaluation process

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Costa, Alessandro Nanni ^a   Grossi, Paolo ^b   Castiglione, Andrea Gianelli ^c   Grigioni, Walter F ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donor evaluation; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER RISK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 42449159782     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31816c2f05     Document Type: Article

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