Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2021 Sep;21(9):3204-3205.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16577. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in potential deceased organ donors

Ines Ushiro-Lumb  1 , Chris Callaghan  1   2 , Jasvir Parmar  1   3 , Jonathon Olsburgh  2 , Marius Berman  1   3 , Ian Currie  1   4 , John Forsythe  1 , Dale Gardiner  1   5
Affiliations
Comment

Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in potential deceased organ donors

Ines Ushiro-Lumb et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: deceased; donors and donation: donor-derived infections; editorial/personal viewpoint; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease; lung transplantation/pulmonology; organ procurement and allocation.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. Kaul DR, Valesano AL, Petrie JG, et al. Donor to recipient transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by lung transplantation despite negative donor upper respiratory tract testing. Am J Transplant. 2021. 10.1111/ajt.16532. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Puelles VG, Lütgehetmann M, Lindenmeyer MT, et al. Multiorgan and renal tropism of SARS-CoV-2. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(6):590–592. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Heinz N, Griesemer A, Kinney J, et al. A case of an infant with SARS-CoV-2 hepatitis early after liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020;24(8):e13778. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, NHSBT. POL304 - SARS-CoV-2 assessment and screening in organ donors and recipients. https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/20342/pol304.pdf Published 2021. Updated November 6, 2020. Accessed February 25, 2021.