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Introduction: This article presents an literary review of the organ transplant impact in the Covid-19 pandemic scenario. Organ transplant programs all over the world faced serious challenges during this period, affecting the tissue and organ availability, safety of the receptors, donors and the medical resources. Objective: Perform a withdrawal of the aspects related to the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic in the context of tissue and organ procurement. Method: Was made a systematic review with research in the databases of PubMed, SciELO and LILACS, from March 2020 to February 2023. The descriptors used in a combined manner were: Covid-19, organ transplant and impact. Results: 24 articles were found. Facing the acute respiratory syndrome emergency caused by the Covid-19, intensive care units (ICU) were occupied, resulting in a unavailability of beds to the transplant patients. The number of transplants suffered a decrease in front of Covid-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the organ receptors according to the transplantation and organ donation decrease, reflecting in emotional and psychological aspects of patients and their family, as well as healthcare professionals, whose challenge is to ensure the continuity of procedures. It is noticed the importance in promoting public policies that favor better organization and availability of beds for transplantation.
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