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. 2020 Dec 31:150:w20447.
doi: 10.4414/smw.2020.20447. eCollection 2020 Dec 14.

In the eye of the hurricane: the Swiss COVID-19 pandemic stepwise shutdown approach in organ donation and transplantation

Franz Immer  1 , Christian Benden  2 , Andreas Elmer  1 , Nathalie Krügel  1 , Susanne Nyfeler  3 , Mathias Nebiker  4 , Markus Wilhlem  5 , Cédric Hirzel  6 ; National Committee for Organ Donation (CNDO); Medical Committee (CM); Swisstransplant Infectious Diseases Working Group (STAI)
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In the eye of the hurricane: the Swiss COVID-19 pandemic stepwise shutdown approach in organ donation and transplantation

Franz Immer et al. Swiss Med Wkly. .
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Abstract

The Swiss stepwise shutdown approach in organ donation and transplantation helped to maintain a limited national organ procurement and vital organ transplant activity, avoiding a complete nationwide shutdown of organ donation and transplant activity.&nbsp.

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