Open AccessDo Corneal Tissue Providers Inform Their Community That They Export Corneas? An Audit of Publicly Available Sector Websites
Author(s) -
Heather Machin,
Brian Philippy,
Graeme A. Pollock
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s330468
Subject(s) - exportation , donation , audit , business , license , tissue donation , medicine , transplantation , political science , accounting , surgery , organ donation , geometry , mathematics , law
The exportation of corneas from one nation to another, for transplantation services, is responsible for 23% of all global transplants. Global allocation is possible because of the end-of-life donations from citizens and residents of export nations. To date, there is no information indicating if export nation donors are aware that their corneas may be exported, nor if organizations that export provide information regarding their export engagement to their community. To ascertain if and how exporters inform their community, we audited known export organization public websites.