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procurement
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procurement [pro-kūr´ment]
the obtaining of something.
organ procurement in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as guiding families through the donation process to ensure timely retrieval of vital organs and tissue for transplantation.

procurement
Transplantation The obtention of organs for transplantation; the best donor of multiple organs destined for transplantation is a recently brain-dead Pt with unimpaired circulation. See Slush preparation, Transplantion, UNOS.
Procurement criteria  
Physical criteria–eg, young age, previous excellent health before the trauma that left the donor in a persistent vegetative state, absence of substance abuse history
Legal criteria–ie, appropriate permission for organ donation has been obtained from next-of-kin
Lab criteria A battery of serologic tests–IgG, IgM ELISA–for  HIV-1, HTLV-I, HAV, HBV, hepatitis C, RPR–Treponema 


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Reminding Washington's hostile policies on Iran, Khosravi noted, "International relations would become coherent and orderly only when they are ruled by legal criteria, and this is while the United States is still pursuing its devilish and colonialist goals through adopting double-standard policies on Iran and it is still trying to strike a blow at Iran's independence.
But Colombia has otherwise "made significant efforts to increase the security of its people" that justify the certification to the US congress that the country is meeting legal criteria on human rights, he said.
At present, treatment is completely free for any patient who fulfils medical and legal criteria.
 
 
 
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