Health Care

Tissue and Organ Procurement

The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.

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Abstract

The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Donor Cards
  • Organ Donation
  • Organ Procurement
  • Organ Procurement Systems
  • Organ Shortage
  • Required Organ Donation Request
  • Required Request
  • Tissue Donation
  • Tissue Procurement
  • Tissue Shortage
  • Donor Card
  • Organ Donations
  • Organ Procurement System
  • Organ Procurements
  • Required Requests
  • Shortage, Tissue
  • Tissue Donations
  • Tissue Procurements
  • Tissue Shortages

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11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

2005 (1987)

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Previous Indexing

  • Tissue Donors (1966-1986)

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  1. N02.421.911

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tissue and Organ Procurement. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009927. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009927
  2. Tissue and Organ Procurement. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65982891