title: Donation and transplantation among personnel in the hospital emergency department: a multicenter study conducted in Spain and Mexico.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The promotion of different means of procuring both deceased and living organs (kidney and liver) is a necessity given the current organ shortage. Emergency department personnel are involved in the donation and transplantation process. Our objective was to analyze the attitude to the different kinds of organ donation of emergency services personnel in hospital centers in Spain and Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized sample was obtained from the "International Collaborative Donor Project" and was stratified according to emergency services and job category in nine hospitals, in Spain and in Mexico (n = 22). Attitude was evaluated using a validated survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the respondents, 76% were in favor of deceased organ donation and 24% were not in favor. This attitude toward deceased donation was associated with the respondent's country of origin, age, and job category; Mexicans (P = .036), younger respondents (P = .023), and physicians were most in favor (P < .001). With regard to attitude toward living kidney donation, 89% were in favor of related donation. Regarding living liver donation, 85% were in favor of related donation. In attitude toward living kidney and liver donation, relevant factors were related to donation and transplantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Professionals in emergency departments in hospital centers in Spain and Mexico had a favorable attitude toward the different kinds of donation, although it was less favorable than the attitude reported in other professional hospital groups.
authors.affiliation: International Collaborative Donor Project, Murcia, España. ARZRIOS@teleline.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Navas
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ayala-Garcia
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sebastián
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez-Alarcón
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muñoz
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Febrero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parrilla
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D000078329:Workforce