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The technician stated that the consumable is packaged in corrugated cardboard, which TransMedics allegedly would not allow technicians to open prior to an organ being accepted – placing cost of goods above safety: “I asked when I first started...’Oh, this is going to be an issue, bringing this stuff in...and they’re like, ‘It’s totally fine. Just do it.”; “going into OR’s, there are certain procedures...you can’t bring that past a red line in the OR”; “you cannot do that, and I would never do that...but they wanted you to pass the red line”; “I’ve heard a lot of complaints about their people...touching things they shouldn’t...ruining a sterile field...if you keep upsetting the staff and the hospitals, they’re going to be like...we don’t want these visitors anymore.”", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "aed0180a-8010-40cd-ab6d-a82ca815990e", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.22, "w": 0.86, "x": 0.07, "y": 0.48 }, "kind": "quote", "text": "A: “You would have questions about, like, “Why are we doing things this way?” Going in OR’s, there are certain procedures you have to follow. You’re not supposed to bring certain stuff in, like hardware, for example. That’s an issue literally anywhere you go is that you can’t bring that stuff behind a red line. And I had asked when I first started. I was like, “Oh, this is going to be an issue, bringing this stuff in?” And they’re like, “It’s totally fine. Just do it.” Q: “What was the issue? The machine is not sterile or there’s cardboard--?” A: “The package in the box that the module insert is in is corrugated cardboard, and you can’t bring that past a red line at the OR. You’re supposed to take this out because you can’t bring the box past that line technically. But they were like, “Oh, it’s totally fine. You can do it.” I would never take it into an operating room because you cannot do that, and I would never do that. But they wanted you to pass the red line.” - Former TransMedics OCS specialist", "attrs": null, "subkind": "testimonial", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "8e928f63-e790-4e44-8f64-9d8d5a32f2bb", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.86, "x": 0.07, "y": 0.76 }, "kind": "quote", "text": "A: “In an OR, people are high-strung about what you cannot touch. Certain things you do not do. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about their people coming in and doing that, touching things they shouldn’t, being too close to the sterile field, ruining a sterile field - if you keep upsetting the staff and the hospitals, they’re going to be like, we don’t want these visitors anymore.” Q: “And who’s doing this? The surgeon that TransMedics is using for procurement? Somebody who’s tagging along? Who’s doing that?” A: “Sometimes it’s the surgeon, sometimes it’s the OCS specialist.” - Former TransMedics OCS specialist", "attrs": null, "subkind": "testimonial", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "b558d012-b1a5-4fed-bb5c-108035bb406c", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": null, "kind": "quote", "text": "“I asked when I first started...’Oh, this is going to be an issue, bringing this stuff in...and they’re like, ‘It’s totally fine. Just do it.”; “you can’t bring that past a red line in the OR”; “you cannot do that, and I would never do that...but they wanted you to pass the red line”; “I’ve heard a lot of complaints about their people...touching things they shouldn’t...ruining a sterile field...if you keep upsetting the staff and the hospitals, they’re going to be like...we don’t want these visitors anymore.” — Former TransMedics OCS specialist", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": "Authority citation", "toolSlug": "authority-citation", "confidence": null, "componentId": "019dd953-5373-719d-a985-791008bdbe28", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.02, "w": 0.25, "x": 0.07, "y": 0.95 }, "kind": "source-note", "text": "Source: Scorpion Capital consultation calls with experts", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "7eb33f3f-0637-43c7-823e-ac1da1988ea5", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null } ], "metrics": [], "tools": [], "frameworks": [], "arcBeats": [], "loops": [], "imagePathAlt": null, "thumbSrc": null, "thumbSrcAlt": null, "locked": true }