Resource Newsletter
Archived Issues (no longer published)
- Spring 2007 (Dr. Christensen Interview) Format: PDF, 1.65MB
Summer 2006
- Lessons Best Learned Before Choosing a Tissue Supplier
- Donation Helps Family Celebrate Dustin’s Life
- More Honors forTissue Donation Program Creator
- New Tissue Standards for Hospitals: Seeking, Achieving Compliance
- JCAHO Tissue Standards and Challenges
- Employee Profile: Levi Anderson
- Cord Blood Program Grows
- Tissue Services Partnerships - First Year Success Continues
Winter 2005
- Matt Turnbull: Receiving the Gift of a Healthy Life
- On Safety Enhancement, Expanding Programs
- Tissue Services, WSP Join Cyclists for Donation Awareness
- WSP Tissue Donor Program: The Evolution of an Inspiring Idea
- New program to Bolster Funeral Home Support
- NAT and Tissue Banking: The Time Has Come
- Full Circle
- Tissue Donor Safety Study Group
- Cord Blood Program: Partnership Strengthened, International Recognition Achieved
- Cord Blood Research: Offering Hope
- Montana Team Marks First-Year Success
- Partners Honors Donors, Patients, Families
Summer 2004
- Patients, Hospitals to Benefit from New Tissue Services Partnerships
- Montana Team Making Impact
- Overlake Hospital Meets the Challenge of Improving Donation Process
- Donated Tissue Brings Blessing from Sorrow
- Potential Donors Should Let Loved Ones Know Their Wishes
- Spearhead of State Patrol Program Wins Honors—and Opportunities to Educate
- Personal Experience Fuels Commitment to POPS
- Cord Blood Program: Local Partnerships, Long-distance Plan Attract National Attention
- Donor Family Ceremonies are Rich in Remembrance
- Chappie Heads East
Winter 2003
- Tribute to Travis: A Family Honors Son's Passion for the Active Life
- One Man's Determination Results in New State Patrol Program
- The Tissue Services Celebrates It's 15th Year
- Going The Distance for a Montana Family
- Online Living Legacy Registry Debuts
- Potential Recipients Will Find Answers in New Brochure
- Benefis Healt
Summer 2003
- Cassandra's Story: Sparing a Limb, Saving a Child
- Calendar Puts Human Face on Donation Process
- Dr. Ernest Conrad Discusses Pediatric Limb-Salvage Surgery
- New Challenges in Preventing Disease Transmission
- New Tissue Services Brochure Highlights Donation Decision
- Bills Will Create Donor Registries
- Annual Ceremonies Honor Donors and Their Families
- Benefis Healthcare Fosters Hospital Teamwork to Support Donation
Fall 2002
- A Message from the Director
- Guidelines for Choosing a Tissue Bank
- Tissue Safety: CDC Recommendations and Longstanding Tissue Services Policies
- What is a Nonprofit Tissue Bank?
Spring 2002
- Parents Are Grateful for Opportunity to Share Son's Life
- CDC Reports Infections Transmitted by Tissues
- Allograft Recipient and Donor Family Meet
- Memorial Quilts Warm Hearts at Recognition Ceremonies
- Annual Calendar Brings Donation to Life
- More Funding, Progress for Islet Program
- Safety Net Improves Tissue Quality
Winter 2001
- Ami's Compassion Continues to Benefit Others
- The Tissue Services Goes International - Represented at Workshop on Public Awareness
- The Procedure: Refrigerated Femoral Condyle Transplant
- Islet Update: Progress in Each Protocol
- AATB Action: Improvements in the Aftermath of Tragedy
- Funeral Home Survey Will Lead to Stronger Partnerships
- FDA Emphasized Product Tracking
- Our 25 Transplant Record Stars — 100 % Return Rate for 2000
Spring 2001
- Student Dynamo Shares Her Experience and Spreads the Word: “Donate”
- Rural hospitals and the COP — How One Hospital Stepped Up to the Challenge
- Annual Services Honor Donors and Families
- New Tradition Started
- Donation and Transplant Calendar Well Received
- HIPAA Privacy Regulations Exempt Donation Agencies
- Islet Program Moves Closer to Transplantation
- Two OIG Reports Released; Recommendations Made
Winter 2000
- Two Views, One Message: The Importance of Donation
- OIG Report Anticipated, Needed
- Donation Rule is an Opportunity to Make a Difference
- Cord Blood Program Benefits from Gates Grant, Hawaiian Donor
- Focus of Islet Program Shifts
Spring 2000
- A Gift of Friendship
- COP Compliance Up for JCAHO Review
- Coming Soon...Bryan Bone Block!
- NTC Puts Saphenous Veins Into Circulation
- Surveys Will Strengthen Service
- Islet Distribution Program Offers Hope for Diabetes Cure
- Cord Blood Program Achieves Milestone
- Council Reaches Out to Montanans
- 2000 Calendar Shares "Dedications"
- About the Northwest Tissue Services
Spring 1999
- Donated Bone Helps Spinal Patient
- Montana Steps Up to Encourage Donation
- We All Need To Do Our Part Where We Can
- "Share Your Life" Fun Run
- New Transplant Record... You Asked for It
- Spokane Hospitals Implement Required Referral
- Extending Horizons - Reflections on Donation
- In Remembrance of the Gift of Life
- Surgeon Infects Patient with HIV
- Donor Moms Go to Washington with a Message of Hope
Spring 1998
- Cryopreservation Techniques Used in Umbilical
- Rise In Donors Results from Improved Referral Process
- Refrigerated Allografts Repair Cartilage Defects in Young Patients
- Tissue Services Initiates Contracts with Hospitals
- Transplant Recipients Want More Information - New Brochure Available
Fall 1998
- New Zealand Transplant Recipient Travels to Thank Donor Family
- Tissue Services Expands Processing Capacity with Opening of New Renton Facility
- Organ Shortage Prompts New Federal Regulations
- No Mad Cows Here!
- Research Effort Could Provide Hope for Diabetes Patients
- Fascia Allografts Provide Relief for Incontinence
- Montana Honors Donor Families
- Team Supports Donor Referral Process
- Tissue Services Celebrates 10 Years of Service
- Organ & Tissue Donation Gets Stamp of Approval