Hospital-independent organ recovery from deceased donors: a two-year experience.

Early experience with deceased donor (DD) organ recovery outside of the hospital setting was found to be safe, efficient and cost effective. A 2-year experience under current practice protocols implemented to further process improvements is now reviewed. From December 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003, 123 criteria eligible DDs were transferred from local and regional hospitals to the Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS) facility for organ and tissue recovery.