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Organ procurement (also called surgical recovery) is a surgical procedure that removes organs or tissues for reuse, typically for organ transplantation. [ 1 ] Procedures
In the United States, an organ procurement organization (OPO) is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the evaluation and procurement of deceased-donor organs for organ transplantation.
Such is the brutal math and the necessary optimism required to work in the organ procurement world. For the past several decades, a private network of now 57 organ procurement organizations (OPOs ...
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States, established (42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.
Karp is a former transplant center director and part of a research team that has been looking into organ donation numbers from VA Medical Centers for years, and found that of the 84,155 adult ...
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network was established in 1984 to maintain an organ-matching national registry as part of a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
The Final Rule was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and dictates the process to be taken by organ procurement organizations in conjunction with United Network for Organ Sharing to match donors with potential recipients. The Final Rule dramatically changed the way organ donations were allocated in the United States ...
For the first time, the national Organ Procurement and Transplant Network may be opened up to organizations other than the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing.