The patient brought to the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident is found to be brain dead. An organ donor card is found on this person and the organ procurement team is contacted. Which medical history, if found in the patient’s chart, would prompt the nurse to stop the line in the organ procurement process?

Malaria. Absolute contraindications to organ donation include diseases that may cause adverse effects to the recipient, such as malaria, HIV, active hepatitis B virus infection, and active visceral or hematologic neoplasm. The recipient of an organ from a donor with syphilis is tested for antibodies and treated prophylactically. The organ of a donor who has a meningococcal sepsis can be recovered after 24-48 hours of antibiotic coverage. Influenza is not a contraindication for organ donation.

The patient brought to the emergency department following a motor...

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