"Citing AIDS, Officials Propose Tracking Transplants"

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"Citing AIDS, Officials Propose Tracking Transplants"

New York Times (12/15/91), P. 38
Altman, Lawrence K.

Abstract: The Centers for Disease Control decided Friday to develop a national system to track donated organs and tissues for HIV. Federal officials met in Atlanta for a two-day meeting and said that the new system was imperative to make transplant surgery safer. The CDC expects to turn the recommendations into guidelines and publish them in The Federal Register for public comment. The recommendations stem from seven people who had received HIV-infected organs and tissues. They will emphasize transplants of tissue, which include bones, skin and ligaments. The recommendations would identify organs and tissues by a number, and any transplants woud be prohibited if they lacked that number. Tissue and organ distribution centers would have to maintain certian specimens from donors for five years after transplant surgery. Transplant workers would be directed to keep records for at least 10 years. Also, recipients would be advised to be tested for HIV six months after receiveing new organs and tissues.

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