Most Recent Articles from Progress in Transplantation

• Courage and character, leaders and legends: an interview with Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, DSc 

  We don't hear much about individuals with facial deformities due to birth defects, burns, trauma, cancer or violence. That 's because the stigma of...

  09/01/09 · More from publication

• Quality initiatives in transplantation 

  Welcome to this special issue of Progress in Transplantation, which concentrates on quality improvement as it applies to transplant centers, organ...

  09/01/09 by Hagan, Michael · More from publication

• Use of failure mode and effects analysis for proactive identification of communication and handoff failures from organ procurement to transplantation 

  A multidisciplinary team from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics transplant program used failure mode and effects analysis to...

  09/01/09 by Steinberger, Dina M; Douglas, Stephen V; Kirschbaum, Mark S · More from publication

• A system's approach to improve organ donation 

  Using lessons learned from the US Department of Health and Human Services National Donation Breakthrough Collaborative, New York-Presbyterian...

  09/01/09 by Graham, Judy M; Sabeta, Maria E; Cooke, Joseph T; Berg, Elaine R; Osten, Wayne M · More from publication

• Evolution of quality at the Organ Center of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing 

  One of the goals of the Organ Center of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing is to increase the...

  09/01/09 by Brown, Roger S; Belton, A Matthew; Martin, Judith M; Simmons, Dee Dee; Taylor, Gloria J; Willard, Ellie · More from publication

• Attaining specific donor management goals increases number of organs transplanted per donor: a quality improvement project 

  Most organ procurement organization professionals and transplant surgeons intuitively know that meeting donor management goals improves organ...

  09/01/09 by Hagan, Michael E; McClean, Daniel; Falcone, Cassandra A; Arrington, Jeffrey; Matthews, Donna; Summe, Carrie · More from publication

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