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The National Donor Deferral Registry, also known as the (NDDR) is a database of individuals who have tested "reactive" for viral agents like human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are permanently prohibited from donating plasma. [1]
Grifols. Grifols, S.A. ( Catalan: [ˈɡɾifuls]) is a Spanish multinational pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer. Principally a producer of blood plasma –based products, a field in which it is the European leader and largest worldwide, [3] [4] the company also supplies devices, instruments, and reagents for clinical testing laboratories .
Plasmapheresis (from the Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy, a medical procedure performed outside the body. [citation needed]
The United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ( OPTN) in the United States, established ( 42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.
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Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person ( allograft ). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, although availability of donor organs is a major limitation. The most common technique is orthotopic ...
The definition, published last week, cites a U.S. Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics Household Pulse Survey, which showed that, as of March 5 to April 1 of this year, nearly ...