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AATB is thrilled to offer a new and exciting webinar mini-series entitled ‘Back to Basics". This webinar series is an informative overview of key concepts throughout the tissue donation continuum with a focus on answering the question, ‘Why do we do what we do?’

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Join us on April 3 for "Celebrating Generosity: Exploring Diverse Approaches to Honoring Donors," where we'll explore the myriad ways organizations honor and celebrate the selfless act of tissue donation. This captivating webinar brings together three speakers from different organizations to share their unique perspectives and experiences in commemorating tissue donors. Don't miss out—reserve your spot today and join us in honoring those who have given the gift of life.

This webinar will provide an overview of two important sterilization methods used for Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps). This includes an introduction to the technology, feasibility and applications, and considerations for their use and adoption.

This webinar will provide overview of the auto-referral interface between MDI Log and several OPO call centers; its development and success.

Seven million Americans are living with a chronic wound from diabetes, heart disease or vascular disorders. Amnion grafts are used as an advanced treatments to improve healing of these wounds. Dr. Frazer will discuss how amnion grafts are used in his practice to restore movement and mobility with lower limb wounds.

The use of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP) in DCD donation, while common in Europe, is recently becoming a strategy to increase organ utilization and transplant outcomes in the US. NRP enables an in situ functional assessment of organs following donor circulatory death to give transplant centers to confidence to accept those organs for their patients. Experience with NRP also shows recipient outcomes are improved compared to organs from DCD donors by the standard rapid recovery procedures.

Dive into the forefront of wound care management with our upcoming webinar, "Amnion Graft Usage in Lower Limb Wound Care," scheduled for April 10. Explore the application of amniotic grafts in treating lower limb wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. Gain insights into the contributions of amniotic allografts to wound healing, understand the intricate roles of growth factors and signaling proteins, and delve into the clinical outcomes of amniotic allograft treatments. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your expertise and skills in wound care

Join us on April 17, for the second installment of AATB's webinar mini-series, "Back to Basics: From Referral to Recipient." Delve into the essential steps of the tissue donation continuum as we explore the critical processes of approaching families, facilitating authorization discussions, and completing the Donor Risk Assessment. Led by industry experts, this webinar provides an informative overview of key concepts, including AATB standards and practical examples, while offering insights into the rationale behind the UDRAI. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and enhance your understanding of the tissue donation process.

This webinar will offer insights into the profound impact of tissue donation on the lives of both donor families and recipients.

In this webinar, members of AATB Quality Council and staff will introduce the newly released Educational Resource Tool on Quality Agreements. Join them to hear how and why this tool was developed, how to use it, and how it can help your organization improve relationships with your suppliers and other partners.

AATB is thrilled to offer a new and exciting webinar mini-series entitled ‘Back to Basics: From Referral to Recipient.’ This webinar mini-series is an informative overview of key concepts throughout the tissue donation continuum with a focus on answering the question, ‘Why do we do what we do?’ Our first webinar in this series will cover the start of the continuum: the referral and screening process. Speakers will cover what to ask based on the referral source, rationale behind the questions, and algorithmic screening.

Multilingual families speak a language other than English and discussing tissue donation with family members can be difficult for both, the family, and the healthcare professional. Because of this, it is important to learn more about the family’s culture, gender roles, cultural beliefs/customs etc. This educational activity will discuss how professionals working with multilingual families can make sure they are getting accurate information and the best care possible. Speakers will share best practices when it comes to translators, interpreters, resources, and other important considerations to create meaningful relationships based on trust and respect.

This webinar will highlight the many ways that non-transplant anatomical donations can also be lifesaving. We will delve into how they train future clinicians to prevent surgical error and medical complications and how they are used to train transplant recovery teams as well as transplant physicians performing lifesaving operations. We will also discuss research using these tissues results in earlier disease detection and improved treatments, and immediate application for emergency medicine professionals to save persons suffering from life-threatening injuries. The presentation includes videos and testimonials from the clinicians using these amazing gifts.

Hear about the Standards Rebuild Project from the coordinators of the program. Following the posting of the draft 15th edition in December 2023, learn about how it was designed, how you will be able to participate in this stage, and what resources AATB plans to provide to assist with the transition from the 14th edition. Bring your questions for the open Q&A that will follow the presentations.

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a highly effective means for persons without HIV to prevent acquisition of the infection. PrEP is a key intervention under the U.S. government’s new national initiative. How will it impact tissue screening?

During this presentation, we will review cases in which clots, DVTs, and PEs, were a concern, discovered during recovery, why they are important, and what can be done on shared donation and death investigation cases.

In this session, we will review the fundamentals of CAPA.

When it comes to working with donor families, often there is a focus on training coordinators to be skilled in facilitating authorization and conducting DRAIs. What happens when a donor family has an unfavorable post-donation experience? During this program, presenters will review case studies to explore best practices for handling difficult conversations with donor families after donation. Topics include strategies for resolving family grievances, managing perceptions and expectations for tissue outcomes, and mitigating negative experiences related to post-recovery funeral care.

This session will present general areas affecting today’s traditional allograft market in order to plan for tomorrow’s allograft customer. Points of consideration such as customer evaluation and satisfaction, value-add services (e.g. supplier qualification and value analysis), and internal/external environmental factors affecting the market will be discussed.

During this presentation, AATB is joined by Dr. Bill Hickerson to review clinical applications of allograft skin and his experiences as a physician.

Are you confused about the reasons behind the dementia rule-out criteria? What’s up with Alzheimer’s? And what exactly is mad-cow disease? AATB offers you a webinar chock-full of answers to these questions and much more as we dive headfirst into the topic of Prion Diseases! Participants will gain insight into this DRAI conundrum and learn about the different types of dementia. Why is dementia a tissue rule-out? Would you be surprised to learn that it’s not? Join us to find out more!

During this program, we will discuss innovative solutions to tissue labeling practices from recovery to distribution and how these improvements have enhanced tissue traceability.

Unpacking how we see ourselves, how others perceive us, what we ascribe worth to, and our sense of who we are, correlates to the degree of success and impact we will have as leaders. It impacts how effectively we lead ourselves as well as others. As you wrestle with the concept of your namesake, what people say about you, what you can do, and who you are affects your decisiveness and diffidence, if any.

In this presentation, we are joined by tissue bank Medical Director and vascular surgeon, Dr. Mark Keldahl. This program will review clinical uses of vascular allografts and case examples.

In this presentation, Dr. Paymaun Lotfi, an orthopedic spine surgeon, will discuss the use of allografts in spine procedures. This session will include perspectives on the use of allograft tissue and case examples.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every facet of life, including how we approach for tissue authorization. This session speaks to the ways in which we can acknowledge the new struggles families are facing, including not being able to be present in the hospital and stressors with funeral services during COVID-19, and how the pandemic may be impacting our organization's authorization rates.

This presentation will review cases requiring the use of birth tissue presented by the surgeon.