PPT-ORGAN DONATION AND ALLOTRANSPLANTATION

HEALTH LAW AND BIOETICS Helena Pereira de Melo 23 April 2014 Szilvia Szabó 003903 ORGAN DONATION AND ALLOTRANSPLANTATION Introduction Organs and tissues for donation. HEALTH LAW AND BIOETICS. Helena. . Pereira. de . Melo. 23 . April. , 2014. Szilvia Szabó - 003903. ORGAN DONATION AND ALLOTRANSPLANTATION. Introduction. Organs. and . tissues. . for. . donation. Five years on from the Organ Donation Taskforce. Dr Paul Murphy. National Clinical Lead for Organ Donation. 1. Organ Donation, Past Present and Future. Organ donation in 2006. Understand the impact of the Organ Donation Taskforce report. Let Life Bloom. Goals. Increase the number of donor designations in the U.S. – 100,000 by May 2015. Spread the organ donation message. Cultivate a hospital culture that incorporates educating and registering donors as part of their standard mission. 123,000 . people in need of lifesaving organ transplants and the thousands more in need of healing cornea and tissue transplants.. Log onto . www.donatelifewv.org. . to register or learn more about donation.. goal messaging: 5000 in five. Donation & Transplantation . Community of Practice (DTCP). Individuals and organizations that are committed to improving donation and transplantation practices across the nation. . 1. 2. 3. Once . I am registered as an organ donor, the medical personnel will not save my life in case I am injured in an accident. .. Q. This is impossible. Saving life is the responsibility and foremost priority of every healthcare professional. They will consider collecting a patient's organs for transplantation only when the patient is certified dead.. Removing healthy organs or tissues from a ‘live’ or ‘recently dead’ person to be used in another person. Need of the hour. In India . 1000000 and counting . Are in need of organs . Commonly donated organs. Ethical Questions & Public Trust. Charlotte H. Harrison, . PhD, JD, MPH . Director, Office of Ethics. Boston Children. ’. s Hospital. Boston, MA / USA. Dying, Death, Donating: International Conference on the Ethics of Organ Donation. Thursday, October 6, 2016. R. Patrick Wood, M.D. F.A.C.S.. Chief Medical Officer, LifeGift . DISCLOSURES. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. Understand the function of Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and how OPOs . Stephen J. Cina, MD, FCAP. Chief Medical Examiner. Cook County, IL. Role of the M.E. /Coroner. Determine cause and manner of death. Identify threats to the public health. IL has one M.E. County. Most coroners contract with FPs for autopsies. MYTH: If the family agrees to donation, doctors will not try hard to save the patient. FACT: . When you go to a hospital for treatment, doctors focus on saving your life – not somebody else’s. . The Option to donate organs is offered only after the person is medically declared dead. . Kathryn Beheshti. Objectives. Understand the referral process for potential organ donors. Identify potential donors. Understand the process of Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) . Recognize your role in the donation process. Who services Medical center hospital?. Southwest Transplant Alliance. Organ and Tissue Procurement Organization. Lions Eye Bank. Eye and cornea Procurement organization. . Telephone: 1-800-201-0527. A Strategy for Best Practice. UK Transplants and . the . Transplant . W. aiting . L. ist . 2002 - 2016. Organ Donation and the ED. Three . people die . in the UK . EVERYDAY waiting . for a . transplant.