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At The California Transplant Donor Network Lab

Host Scott Shafer interviews a surgical coordinator and a nurse educator from the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) about the science and logistics of organ donation.Guest: Sharon Swain, nurse educator at California Transplant Donor Network.Guest: Thomas Wood, surgical coordinator at California Transplant Donor Network.


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Transplant Statistics

Compare how donors and recipients break down by ethnicity, see which organs are in most demand and find out who is most likely to give you their organ.
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