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COVID‐19 test result reporting for deceased donors: Emergent policies, logistical challenges, and future directions
Author(s) -
Lentine Krista L.,
Singh Neeraj,
Woodside Kenneth J.,
Schnitzler Mark A.,
Li Ruixin,
Alhamad Tarek,
Rothweiler Richard,
Parsons Ronald F.,
Man Roslyn B.,
Snyder Jon,
Cooper Matthew,
Axelrod David A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/ctr.14280
Subject(s) - organ procurement , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , procurement , organ transplantation , test (biology) , transplantation , personal protective equipment , organ donation , data collection , medical emergency , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , business , pathology , marketing , surgery , statistics , mathematics , outbreak , paleontology , biology
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the transplant community, including organ procurement organizations (OPOs), transplant centers, regulatory agencies, and recipient candidates. Access to timely, accurate information on the status of deceased donor viral infection is essential in determining organ acceptance. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network expeditiously added fields to collect these data; however, use of the data collection fields was not uniform nationally. Standardized, field‐defined data capture and reporting are vital to ensure optimal organ utilization during this pandemic, and to prepare the community for subsequent challenges.