The Italian Society for Safety and Quality in Transplantation (La Societâ Italiana per Ia Sicurezza e la Qualità nei Trapianti, SISQT) was founded in 2008 to bring quality and safety issues at the center of donation and transplantation practice. In doing so, the SISQT seeks to involve, all health care professionals across the continuum of donation and transplantation, championing a collaborativ...

This study analyzes 435 oocyte donor recruitment advertisements to assess whether entities recruiting donors of oocytes to be used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures include a disclosure of risks associated with the donation process in their advertisements. Such disclosure is required by the self-regulatory guidelines of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and by law ...

BACKGROUND Since the recognition that human immunodeficiency virus is transmissible by blood transfusion there has been increasing public and professional support for autologous blood donations before elective surgery. Autologous blood donation is, however, a more expensive process than the donation of allogeneic blood by community volunteers. Furthermore, there have been recent improvements in...

All readers of the Community Eye Health Journal who are responsible for managing trachoma programmes at national, regional, or district level need to be familiar with the requirements for Zithromax® donation. The generous global donation of the antibiotic Zithromax® by Pfi zer Inc. through the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) can play an important role in the successful elimination of bl...

BACKGROUND In Brazil little is known about adverse reactions during donation and the donor characteristics that may be associated with such events. Donors are offered snacks and fluids before donating and are required to consume a light meal after donation. For these reasons the frequency of reactions may be different than those observed in other countries. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-se...

Why do people donate blood? Altruism is the common answer. However, altruism is a complex construct and to answer this question requires a systematic analysis of the insights from the biology, economics and psychology of altruism. I term this the mechanism of altruism (MOA) approach and apply it here for understanding blood donor motivation. The answer also has enormous implications for the typ...

BACKGROUND The long-term effect of treatment with donated oocytes on women's and men's perception of their relationship has been little studied. Thus the aim of this study was to analyse satisfaction with relationships in couples at the time of acceptance for treatment and 2-5 years after treatment with donated gametes and to compare them with IVF couples treated with their own gametes. METHO...

Until the establishment of the PREM Bank (Perron Rotary Express Milk Bank) donor human milk banking had not occurred in Australia for the past 20 years. In re-establishing donor human milk banking in Australia, the focus of the PREM Bank has been to develop a formal and consistent approach to safety and quality in processing during the operation of the human milk bank. There is currently no exi...

Corneal transplantation is the most common form of organ transplantation performed globally. However, of all organs, eyes have the highest rate of refusal of donation. This study explored the reasons why individuals decide whether or not to donate corneas. Twenty-one individuals were interviewed who had made a donation decision (13 refused corneal donation and eight consented). Analysis was per...

Following the recent commentary on the importance of body donation for anatomical examination and teaching in Northern Ireland, the issue of organ donation has also received a fresh impetus. Organ donation is a fundamental concept in medical treatment. A recent survey on organ donation has indicated that approximately 90% of the UK population is in favour of organ donation. However, out of thos...