Quality improvement tools to manage deceased organ donation processes: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To collate and summarise the literature on the quality improvement tools that have been developed for deceased organ donation processes after circulatory determination of death and neurological determination of death.

Design

Scoping review using the Joanna Briggs Institute framework.

Data sources

We searched for published (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science) and unpublished literature (organ donation organisation websites worldwide). The search was initially conducted on 17 July 2021 and updated on 1 June 2022. Included articles discussed the creation and/or use of quality improvement tools to manage deceased organ donation processes. Two independent reviewers screened the references, extracted and analysed the data.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Silva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896188 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature