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Time to discard the term discard

Journal

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 608-610

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.01.018

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Discard; Deceased organ donation

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The 2022 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Consensus Conference allowed diverse stakeholders in the solid organ transplant community to discuss important information and metrics. Patients and family members participating in the conference called for an end to the use of the term "discards" for organs that are not transplanted.
The 2022 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Consensus Conference People Driven Transplant Metrics offered an opportunity for a diverse group of stakeholders in the solid organ transplant community to exchange ideas about what information and metrics are important to different stakeholders. Participating patients and family members called on the transplant community to cease using the term discards to refer to donated organs that are not transplanted.

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