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16Dec/14

Simple Steps Can Safeguard Against Ebola Transmission Through Organ … – Infection Control Today


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Simple Steps Can Safeguard Against Ebola Transmission Through Organ
Infection Control Today
While serious infections can be transmitted from donated organs, the risk of passing Ebola virus disease from an organ donor to a recipient is extremely small. In a new editorial published in the American Journal of Transplantation, experts explain how
Ebola can transmit through organ donation, say researchersFirstpost
‘Slim chance of Ebola virus passing through organ donationIndia.com

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16Dec/14

Organ donation: A Londonderry wife makes an appeal following husband’s death – Belfast Newsletter

Organ donation: A Londonderry wife makes an appeal following husband’s death
Belfast Newsletter
“All it takes it five simple words – ‘I want my organs donated‘,” says the 41-year-old Londonderry woman. And there are few people who know as much as she does that being brave enough to take that step and tell your family you are serious about

15Dec/14

‘Organ transplant patients are on the Christmas list we can’t forget’ – East Anglian Daily Times


East Anglian Daily Times

Organ transplant patients are on the Christmas list we can’t forget’
East Anglian Daily Times
Linda Warne, a NHSBT specialist nurse in organ donation at Ipswich Hospital who approaches families about organ donation and supports them throughout the process, said: “It is humbling to work with people following the loss of a loved one at any time

15Dec/14

Organ donors: 100 Derbyshire reasons you should join the lifesaving register … – Derby Telegraph


Derby Telegraph

Organ donors: 100 Derbyshire reasons you should join the lifesaving register
Derby Telegraph
Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “Every year, thousands of patients on the waiting list in Derbyshire and around the country have a Christmas clouded with anxiety and uncertainty.
Suffolk residents encouraged to become organ donorsCambridge News
NHS Christmas appeal for more organ donorsITV News
Forty-six people have died in Northamptonshire while waiting for organ Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Liverpool Echo –Bucks Free Press –Dorset Echo
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14Dec/14

Organ donors needed as NHS reveals 111 people in Merseyside are waiting for … – Liverpool Echo


Liverpool Echo

Organ donors needed as NHS reveals 111 people in Merseyside are waiting for
Liverpool Echo
NHS Blood and Transplant Authority urged people across Merseyside to give the gift of life this Christmas and sign up as organ donors. The organisation said 111 people in Merseyside – and thousands more across the country – are currently waiting for an …
Top of your Christmas list: to sign up as an organ donorLuton Today
Give a life for Christmas campaign launched to urge organ donor sign-upsDorset Echo
Knebworth triple transplant recipient urges everyone to sign up for the organ Hertfordshire Mercury

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