Organ donation and transplantation, Canadian Blood Services.
Can J Surg. 2020 Sep-Oct;63(5):E451-E453. doi: 10.1503/cjs.012620.
"Never let a good crisis go to waste." - Sir Winston Churchill.
The value of Canada's Kidney Paired Donation program to the population cannot be overstated. Its greatest challenge as a national program, however, is the geographic separation of recipient and matched donor. Representatives from every transplant program in the country have been working toward increased use of kidney shipping in order to diminish the disincentive of donor travel. With transplantation program and travel restrictions in place to minimize the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the time to make a full transition from donor travel to the shipment of donor kidneys has clearly arrived.
“不要浪费一场好危机。” - 温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士。
加拿大肾脏配对捐赠计划对人口的价值怎么强调都不为过。然而,作为一个国家计划,它最大的挑战是受体和匹配供体在地理上的分离。为了减少对供体旅行的阻碍,来自该国每个移植项目的代表一直在努力增加肾脏运输的使用。由于有移植项目和旅行限制来尽量减少 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的风险,现在显然是从供体旅行完全过渡到运输供体肾脏的时候了。