Development of a transplantation transmission sentinel network to improve safety and traceability of organ and tissues

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-343

  Strong, D Michael ^a   Seem, Debbie ^b   Taylor, Gloria ^c   Parker, Jory ^c   Stewart, Darren ^c   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biovigilance; Organ and tissue safety; Sentinel networks; Surveillance; Tissue banking; Traceability; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK; SAFETY; STANDARD; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK; SAFETY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952736119     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-010-9198-0     Document Type: Review

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