International Practices on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Transplant Candidates.

Yasar K Caliskan Benjamin E Hippen David A Axelrod Mark A SchnitzlerKennan MaherTarek Alhamad Ngan N Lam M Yousuf Karim Vivek B Kute Krista L Lentine

Published in: Kidney360 (2022)

The approach to pretransplant COVID-19 vaccination mandate policies at international transplant centers is heterogeneous. International transplant centers with a vaccine mandate were more willing to extend vaccine requirements to candidates' support persons, cohabitants, and living donors. Broader stakeholder engagement to overcome vaccine hesitancy across the world is needed to increase the acceptance of pretransplant COVID-19 vaccination to protect the health of transplant patients.

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