Article: Regulatory compliance in solid-organ transplantation: what you don't know can hurt your program

Article: Laws may boost organ donations
University Wire;  February 8, 2000 ;     525 words ......federal legislation, coordinators at organ procurement facilities are optimistic they can...donors. Three federal laws concerning organ procurement procedures went into effect in 1998...encourage organ donations. UCLA's own organ procurement center was closed last year after...

Article: Imaging in Transplantation
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......humans. The topics comprise both solid-organ transplantation, including the heart, kidneys...first chapter is an overview of solid-organ transplantation and introduces the reader to...background and going on to describe organ procurement, patient selection ...

Article: The shortage of organs for transplantation: exploring the alternatives.
Issues in Law & Medicine;  September 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......practitioners, students of medical policy, organ procurement personnel, and other health care...the failure to current cadaveric organ procurement policies to produce an adequate supply...that the current system of cadaveric organ procurement is woefully inadequate and that some...

Article: AOPO announces 16 members have received accreditation
Transplant News;  January 27, 1995 ;     198 words ...The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) announced...Louisville, KY *Indiana Organ Procurement Organization, Indianapolis...Minneapolis, MN *Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, Metairie, LA *Mid-Americ...

Article: Kent Holloway of Ohio Receives Achievement Award From Organ Donation Association
U.S. Newswire;  July 1, 2009 ;     422 words ......June 18th, 2009, the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) recognized Kent...accuracy and quality assurance among Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs). As the leader...Executive Officer of the Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement Agency (LOOP), where he previously...

Article: HEARING WILL EXAMINE ORGAN DONOR PROGRAM.(Local/Wisconsin)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 9, 2000 ;     267 words ......irregularities in University Hospital's human organ procurement program at a legislative hearing...University Hospital's prominent human organ procurement program, resigned in May in the wake...they were working for the hospital's Organ Procurement Organization (OPO). As part of ...

Article: The Indianapolis Star Corner Office Column.
The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jill Hammon Mar. 1--ORGAN PROCUREMENT GROUP SAVES LIVES: An estimated 17...executive officer of the Indiana Organ Procurement Organization. He began his career...1975, he launched the hospital's organ procurement division, which merged with Indiana...

Article: LIMITS TO ALTRUISM: ORGAN SUPPLY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
Contemporary Economic Policy;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......primary tool currently relied on by the organ procurement industry to increase organ supply...unique sample of free-standing U.S. organ procurement organizations, controlling for the...National Organ Transplant Act OPOs: Organ Procurement Organizations UNOS: United Network...

Article: Ex-transplant director named to lead UW's organ procurement program
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 20, 2000 ;     248 words ......of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics' organ procurement program. He also will remain as director...Ex-transplant director named to lead UW's organ procurement program By JOHN FAUBER of the Journal...of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics' organ procurement program. The appointment of ...

Article: Changes in organ donor system sought.
United Press International;  July 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ......government mandated study of the nation's organ procurement system says donor organs should be...October was asked to evaluate the U.S. organ procurement system after the Department of Health...contract to operate the nation's Organ Procurement and Transplant Network. The new DHHS...

Article: The U.S. Organ Procurement System: A Prescription for Reform.
Nephrology Nursing Journal;  October 1, 2002 ;     391 words ......economics, proposes a market system of organ procurement to their intended audience--members...transplant, the policies surrounding organ procurement must be revisited. The first section...the ethical implications of current organ procurement strategies and alternative practices...

Article: Non-AOPO affiliated OPOs form new organization (ACORD); Dr. Pfaff named president
Transplant News;  January 31, 1996 ;     412 words ...Fourteen organ procurement organizations (OPOs) that have...associated with the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) at least...Pfaff is Medical Director of Organ Procurement Organization at the University...

Article: UW ORGAN AUDIT CITES COZINESS, BAD RECORDS.(Local/State)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  August 19, 2000 ;     509 words ...An audit firm says the UW Organ Procurement Organization kept bad records...But the report found: *The Organ Procurement Organization did not keep...improprieties by the hospital's Organ Procurement Organization and Allograft...

Article: Organ procurement after poisoning deather studied.
Blood Weekly;  November 4, 2004 ;     378 words ......4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Organ procurement after poisoning was the focus of...available from European or North American organ procurement organizations show that poisoned...contraindication to organ donation. When organ procurement can be achieved, the results expressed...