Transplant Unit

Link to new patient information booklet added :

• Kidney Handbook - International Transplant Nurses Society
  Patient information booklet (including combined kidney pancreas transplantation - published 2002)

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New documents available for download added :

• Living Donation - Donor and Recipient Perspectives
• Living Donation - Your Questions Answered

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Link to the Addenbrooke's Liver Transplant Association (ALTA) website http://www.alta.org.uk

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The link to the UK Transplant website (which was substantially revised June 2002) has been changed to http://www.uktransplant.org.uk

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• Towards Standards for Organ and Tissue Transplantation in the UK  (first published 1998)
  
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Cytomegalovirus Disease after Solid Organ Transplantation (published 2002)

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There's now a prominent link to the new NHS Organ Donation website 

http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/how_to_become_a_donor.jsp

It's now possible for visitors to register online on the Organ Donor Register and send email messages to friends and family to tell them about their wishes.

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The Links for Professionals page 

http://cambridgetransplant.org.uk/links/linksprofessional.htm

has been updated with a new link to an online copy of the Department of Health document Guidelines on Microbiological Safety of Human Organs, Tissues & Cells Used in Transplantation

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Anglian Liver Transplant Association has been renamed Addenbrooke's Liver Transplant Association. John Williams is the ALTA chairman. He can be contacted by e-mail from the updated page 

http://cambridgetransplant.org.uk/program/liver/liversupport.htm

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