The Impact and Implications of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Procurement Outside of an Epicenter

The COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented to have a variable impact on individual communities and health care systems. We describe the experience of a single organ procurement organization (OPO), located in an area without a large cluster of cases during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of community health data describing the impact of COVID-19 nationally and in Oklahoma was conducted. Additionally, a retrospective review of available OPO data from March 2019-May 2020 was performed. While the amount of donor referrals received and organs recovered by the OPO remained stable in the initial months of the pandemic, the observed organs transplanted vs. expected organs transplanted (O:E) decreased to the lowest number in the 15-month period and organs transplanted decreased as well. Fewer organs from Oklahoma donors were accepted for transplant despite staff spending more time allocating organs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) - 31(2021), 2 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 171-173

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hudgins, Janice Jene [VerfasserIn]
Boyer, Allison Jo [VerfasserIn]
Orr, Kristen Danielle [VerfasserIn]
Hostetler, Clint Allen [VerfasserIn]
Orlowski, Jeffrey Paul [VerfasserIn]
Squires, Ronald A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
Covid-19
Deceased organ donor
Journal Article
Novel coronavirus
Organ allocation
Organ donation
Organ procurement
Organ transplant

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Date Completed 10.06.2021

Date Revised 10.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/15269248211002808

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322788579