• Spring 2007
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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