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Managing Tissue Bank Access to the OR for Tissue Recovery
Author(s) -
Trim Robert S.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2011.01.013
Subject(s) - tissue donation , tissue bank , business , process (computing) , donation , protocol (science) , orientation (vector space) , operations management , medical emergency , medicine , computer science , surgery , pathology , transplantation , engineering , organ donation , political science , geometry , mathematics , law , operating system , alternative medicine
Hospitals often have tissue recovery service agreements with regional tissue banks to facilitate the donation process. The agreements that outline the tissue bank–hospital relationship frequently allow tissue bank personnel to perform tissue recovery procedures in the referring hospital's OR and may or may not specify any preparatory orientation or any written protocols for tissue bank staff members to follow. This creates the potential for unintentional breaches of protocol that can affect operation of equipment or result in contamination that may put surgical patients and staff members at risk. The OR manager is responsible for establishing appropriate orientation plans for tissue bank employees to ensure they understand and adhere to the hospital's protocols.