Organ procurement requiring the authorization of the judicial authority. An epidemiological investigation in the Veneto region (Italy).

Background: When death occurs through a mechanism requiring a forensic investigation, consent for organ harvesting must be sought from the Judicial Authority (JA).

Aim: To perform a retrospective study of potential organ donors in the Veneto region over a six-year period (2012-2017), analysing any differences between cases in which the JA approved or denied organ harvesting.

Material And Methods: Both non-heart beating (NHB) and heart beating (HB) donors were included.

Impact of Sars-CoV-2 pandemic on the Veneto Region multitissue bank activity.

Covid pandemic affected donation activities worldwide, especially for living donation due to the lack of elective surgery. Moreover, the number of heart-beating and non-heart beating donors has recorded a decrease. Fondazione Banca dei Tessuti di Treviso (FBTV) is a non-profit healthcare organisation, located in Veneto Region, tasked with procurement, processing, preserving, validating and distributing human tissue for clinical use.