Tissue coordinator
Tissue services coordinator, tissue bank supervisor, perioperative tissue nurse
Oversees the tissue program day to day, so every graft is stored correctly and accounted for.
Sees
- All tissue inventory, storage locations and expiration dates
- Temperature readings and excursions for tissue storage units
- Tissue disposition and recipient records
- Open supplier notifications involving tissue
Does
- Reviews temperature excursions and releases or quarantines affected items
- Issues tissue to cases and checks expiration and status
- Records final disposition for wasted, returned or discarded grafts
- Prepares recipient information for return to the supplier
- Reconciles tissue inventory counts
Cannot
- Close a recall response; that belongs to the recall coordinator
- Change storage rules or receiving checks without program lead approval
- Edit a disposition after it is saved; corrections are recorded as new entries