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World J Transplant. Dec 18, 2025; 15(4): 109694
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.109694
Published online Dec 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i4.109694
Quality metrics in solid organ donation: A narrative review
Chiara Lazzeri, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Regional Transplant Center, Florence 50134, Italy
Michela Maielli, Federico Gelli, Direzione SanitDirettore Sanità, Welfare e Coesione Socialearia, Florence 50134, Tuscany, Italy
Giuseppe Feltrin, Centro Nazionale Trapianti, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Roma 00161, Tuscany, Italy
Adriano Peris, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Florence 50134, Italy
Author contributions: Lazzeri C and Feltrin G contributed to study design; Maielli M and Gelli F contributed to data analysis; Lazzeri C, Feltrin G, and Peris A contributed to wrote draft paper; Lazzeri C, Maielli M, Gelli F, Feltrin G, and Peris A contributed to revised the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
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Corresponding author: Chiara Lazzeri, MD, Chief Physician, Senior Researcher, Department of Emergency, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center, Regional Transplant Center, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy. lazzeri.ch@gmail.com
Received: May 19, 2025
Revised: June 2, 2025
Accepted: September 23, 2025
Published online: December 18, 2025
Processing time: 184 Days and 19.3 Hours
Revised: June 2, 2025
Accepted: September 23, 2025
Published online: December 18, 2025
Processing time: 184 Days and 19.3 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Organ donation and transplantation systems are known as complex health care systems since they involved several professionals often in time-dependent processes. The development of a method for quality assessment and quality improvement has been recognized as pivotal for donation and transplant authorities to identify key interventions either at national and/or hospital levels.