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A National Consensus Forum on improving cornea donation and transplantation access in Canada Bae, Steven S.; Rocha, Guillermo; Humphreys, Christine; Chan, Clara C; Yeung, Sonia N.

Abstract

A consensus meeting was held in Toronto on February 9–10, 2020 to discuss ways to improve cornea donation and transplantation access in Canada. The meeting brought together eye and tissue bank representatives, health authority and hospital leadership, transplant ophthalmologists, organ donation organizations, transplant recipients, donor families and several national organizations. Through facilitated discussions in multidisciplinary, gender-balanced, and geographically balanced small groups, participants identified opportunities for improvement in the Canadian cornea donation and transplantation system. Discussion occurred around broad themes of donor tissue demand, supply, access, utilization, interprovincial sharing and cost recovery, interprovincial knowledge sharing and research. This event marked the first time in 10 years in which the Canadian cornea transplantation community came together.

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Title
A National Consensus Forum on improving cornea donation and transplantation access in Canada
Creator
Bae, Steven S.; Rocha, Guillermo; Humphreys, Christine; Chan, Clara C; Yeung, Sonia N.
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2021-05-11
Description
A consensus meeting was held in Toronto on February 9–10, 2020 to discuss ways to improve cornea donation and transplantation access in Canada. The meeting brought together eye and tissue bank representatives, health authority and hospital leadership, transplant ophthalmologists, organ donation organizations, transplant recipients, donor families and several national organizations. Through facilitated discussions in multidisciplinary, gender-balanced, and geographically balanced small groups, participants identified opportunities for improvement in the Canadian cornea donation and transplantation system. Discussion occurred around broad themes of donor tissue demand, supply, access, utilization, interprovincial sharing and cost recovery, interprovincial knowledge sharing and research. This event marked the first time in 10 years in which the Canadian cornea transplantation community came together.
Subject
Organ donation; Corneal transplantation; Eye bank; Meeting report; Access
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-05-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0397417
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78273
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Department of
Citation
BMC Proceedings. 2021 May 11;15(Suppl 5):10
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s12919-021-00215-6
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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