title: The necessity of strengthening the cooperation between tissue banks and organ transplant organizations at national, regional, and international levels.
abstract: The donation of tissues and organs increases significantly when tissue banks and organ transplant organizations work together in the procurement of organs and tissues at donor sources (hospitals, coroners system, organ procurement agencies, and funeral homes, among others). To achieve this important goal, national competent health authorities should considered the establishment of a mechanism that promote the widest possible cooperation between tissue banks and organ transplant organizations with hospitals, research medical institutions, universities, and other medical institutions and facilities. One of the issues that can facilitate this cooperation is the establishment of a coding and traceability system that could identify all tissues and organs used in transplant activities carried out in any country. The promotion of national, regional, and international cooperation between tissue banks and organ transplant organizations would enable the sharing of relevant information that could be important for medical practice and scientific studies carried out by many countries, particularly for those countries with a weak health care system.
authors: , Charasgasse 3/13, 1030, Vienna, Austria, jmorales47@hotmail.com.
authors: Jorge
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authors: Morales Pedraza
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012952:Societies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019737:Transplants / Q000502:physiology*; D014944:World Health Organization