In This Issue
Upcoming Events
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Chicago, IL
October 23-24, 2011
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Chicago, IL
November 2-5, 2011
Imagine a nation that embraces organ, eye and tissue donation as a fundamental human responsibility! This year, you can make a difference and contribute to that mission at the NASS Annual Meeting by becoming a registered organ and tissue donor. LifeNet Health will provide on-site organ and tissue donor registration at the conference. Our goal is to increase the number of registered donors starting with the medical community who are at the forefront of saving lives through transplantation. The process only takes a few minutes of your time. Stop by the LifeNet Health booth #1208 and help save lives by becoming a registered organ and tissue donor!
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San Antonio, TX
November 9-12, 2011
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Focus on Safety:
Myths & Misconceptions About Organ Donation
 I'm sure there are plenty of organ donors already. What difference could one more person really make?
You'd be surprised. Organ and tissue donation from a single donor can help improve or save the lives of more than 100 people. There are currently more than 110,000 people in the U.S. waiting for organ transplants. Each year, approximately 6,000 will die waiting for a transplant that might have given them a second chance at life or health.
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Focus on Quality:
Employee Spotlight: Ed Ferreol, MD, CTBS
 Ed Ferreol has spent most of the past two decades criss-crossing the country for LifeNet Health training recovery partners and speaking at national conferences and industry-related events on a subject he knows better than just about anyone: standards of excellence in organ and tissue recovery and recovery processing. Today, Ed is senior manager for technical tissue recovery for LifeNet Health and is responsible for all of the technical training recovery partners receive on LifeNet Health's exacting standards and requirements-standards that consistently meet and exceed what the industry itself requires. "I fly the friendly skies," laughs Ed, a professional whose whole career has been spent going the extra mile.
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Focus on Innovation:
Thanks 2 You Program Celebrates 5 Years
 How do you tell someone how much it means to receive a life-enhancing tissue donation? Not only is it difficult to put those feelings into words, but it is also a challenge to get your message to the right person.
The LifeNet Health Thanks 2 You program, which recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, was conceived to resolve these challenges. LifeNet Health recognized that recipients wanted to express their gratitude, and donor families had a desire to communicate with the recipients of their loved one's gifts.
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Focus on Service:
5 Facts – Allograft Bio-Implants
  The first bone transplantation was recorded in 1682.
Donor suitability requirements are based on FDA regulations and AATB standards and guidelines, though many procurement organization guidelines are even more stringent.
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