Best Practices for Hospital-Based Donor Care Unit Operations

United States organ procurement organizations increasingly are centralizing the management and recovery of organs from deceased donors into dedicated donor care units (DCUs) with growing evidence of effectiveness. This paradigm shift offers logistical advantages, but introduces new considerations fo...

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Published in:CHEST Critical Care
Main Authors: Emily A. Vail, MD, Varun K. Goyal, MD, Ashley C. McGinity, MD, Todd Sarge, MD, Julie K. Heimbach, MD, Arthur R. Mielke, MD, MPH, Allison J. Tompeck, MD, Carolina B. Maciel, MD, Katharina M. Busl, MD, Thomas M. Leventhal, MD, Devang K. Sanghavi, MBBS, MD, Rishi Kumar, MD, Philip M. Sommer, MD, Kim M. Olthoff, MD, Niels D. Martin, MD, Samuel T. Windham, MD, Rita N. Bakhru, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949788425000176