Organ Transplantation Outcomes of Deceased Organ Donors in Organ Procurement Organization-Based Recovery Facilities Versus Acute-Care Hospitals.
Emily A VailDouglas E SchaubelPeter L AbtNiels D MartinPeter P ReeseMark D NeumanPublished in: Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) (2023)
Organ recovery procedures at OPO-based facilities were associated with more organs transplanted per donor than in hospitals. Increasing access to OPO-based organ recovery facilities may improve rates of organ transplantation from deceased organ donors, although further data are needed on other important donor management quality metrics.