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Impact of Sars-CoV-2 pandemic on the Veneto Region multitissue bank activity.

Impact of Sars-CoV-2 pandemic on the Veneto Region multitissue bank activity.

Authors :
Montagner, Giulia
De Vettor, Rudy
Favaretto, Francesca
Vici, Daniela
Del Vecchio, Claudia
Franchin, Elisa
Trojan, Diletta
Feltrin, Giuseppe
Source :
Cell & Tissue Banking; Dec2022, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p825-832, 8p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Covid pandemic affected donation activities worldwide, especially for living donation due to the lack of elective surgery. Moreover, the number of heart-beating and non-heart beating donors has recorded a decrease. Fondazione Banca dei Tessuti di Treviso (FBTV) is a non-profit healthcare organisation, located in Veneto Region, tasked with procurement, processing, preserving, validating and distributing human tissue for clinical use. During Covid-19 outbreak, operations in FBTV have never stopped and a great effort was required to maintain a standard trend of activity. The aim of this study was to describe the impact of Sars-CoV-2 on the activity of a multitissue bank in Italy. Moreover, we investigated the presence of the virus in tissues retrieved from two Sars-CoV-2 positive cadaver donors. Our survey demonstrated that the transplantation network of Veneto Region has positively reacted to the pandemic scenario, thanks to the effort of all personnel involved. Statistical analyses underlined that most of the activities of the tissue bank were unaffected during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13899333
Volume :
23
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Cell & Tissue Banking
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
160308531
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-022-09997-1