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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Tissue and Organ Procurement > Donor Selection
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Transplantation > Tissue and Organ Harvesting > Donor Selection

Preferred term

Donor Selection  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Donor Screening
  • Donor Screenings

Scope note

  • The procedure established to evaluate the health status and risk factors of the potential DONORS of biological materials. Donors are selected based on the principles that their health will not be compromised in the process, and the donated materials, such as TISSUES or organs, are safe for reuse in the recipients.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046148

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