Tissue Donation
OVERVIEW
- many more tissue donors available than organ donors
- less time critical
- early notification allows collection of blood specimens for nucleic acid testing and screening for viral infections
- more exclusion criteria (may require full post-mortem to exclude CJD)
TYPES
- corneas
- whole eye
- skin
- heart valves
- other cardiovascular tissues
- bones
- tendons
References and Links

Critical Care
Compendium
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Bluesky, he is @precordialthump.bsky.social and on the site that Elon has screwed up, he is @precordialthump.
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