OPTN Patient Safety Alert 1: Preventing the use of extra vessels in non-transplant procedures
Please help us eliminate this practice and the patient safety risks that go along with it
Please help us eliminate this practice and the patient safety risks that go along with it
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation (Terumo CVS) has issued a recall notice for units of the <a href="http://www.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has issued a limited, voluntary recall notice on specific lots of ViaSpan cold storage solution bags.
Policy 4.4, implemented a year ago on January 10, 2011, requires all OPOs and transplant programs to have a process in place for receiving potential donor-derived disease transmission notifications and other related communications from the OPTN.
Assisting members in their efforts to assure the safety of transplant patients and living donors is a top OPTN priority.
Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) use of non-standard abbreviations to enter information in DonorNet, causes transplant center misinterpretation of information and places the patient’s safety at risk.