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Organ donation during COVID-19

April 22, 2020
    Sheila Harris

    According to Rob Chappel, owner of Chappel Crematory in Webb City, his company has a contract with Midwest Transplant Network in Kansas City, to transport prospective organ donors to their facility for organ recovery.

    Michala Stoker, Public Relations Manager for Midwest Transplant, said COVID-19 tests are routinely performed on all prospective organ donors.

    “If a test comes back positive,” she said, “organs are not used for transplant.”

    “Prospective tissue donations are handled a bit differently,” she explained. “Because tissue must be recovered within 24 hours of the time of death, we recover the tissue, then put it on hold until COVID-19 test results come in. Other organs are not procured until, or if, negative test results come back.”

    “April,” Stoker said, “is National Donate Life Month, a time to remind people that organ donations do save lives.”

    Stoker said it’s too early to determine whether COVID-19 is affecting the number of donated organs.
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