• Scot Med J · Nov 2012

    Estimating the potential of tissue donation in Scotland.

    • G Galea.
    • SNBTS Tissues and Cells Directorate, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. george.galea@nhs.net
    • Scot Med J. 2012 Nov 1;57(4):185-90.

    AbstractThe Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service became the preferred provider of tissues in 2000. At that time, the only tissues procured were heart valves and some tendons from multiorgan donors. These sources and the range of tissues were not enough to provide for the clinical needs of Scottish patients. A systematic review was undertaken using the International Classification of Disease codes to assess what the potential pool of tissue donors would be by region, hospital and hospital department. Such data would enable us to focus our limited resources to maximize the yield of tissues to meet clinical demand. The data from this study were validated by a case-note audit in one hospital in Edinburgh. It was shown that the maximum tissue donor potential of approximately 48.5 per million population was in the central belt of Scotland in hospitals with large emergency medicine departments.

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