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Saving Lives through Organ and Tissue Donation: The Role of the Healthcare Professional
An educational program designed to prepare the healthcare professional in fulfilling his/her responsibilities in the organ and tissue donation process. (Length 13:20)
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This narrated slideshow provides an overview on the organ and tissue donation process for nurses and other allied health professionals. Highlights of the program include:
- Benefits of organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- To the recipient
- To the donor's family
- To the healthcare professional
- Referral criteria for organ and tissue donation
- CMS regulation, Texas law, hospital policy
- Role of the HCP in the donation process
- Role of LifeGift in the donation process
Click on the following to download:
- LifeGift Organ & Tissue Donation Resource Manual
- LifeGift Donor Resource Center Brochure
- Glossary of Donation/Recovery/Transplant Terms
- Donation after Cardiac Death Brochure
- EMS Donor Referral Resource Guide
- Articles written by LifeGift staff members
- Teresa J. Shafer, et al., The Vital Role of Medical Examiners and Coroners in Organ Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation 4:160-68 (2003)
- Teresa J. Shafer, et al., The Impact of Medical Examiner/Coroner Practices on Organ Recovery in the United States.272:20 Journal of the American Medical Association 1607-1613 (November 23/30, 1994) 153
- Kimberly Davis, Tina LeVert, et. al., Organ Donation Rates in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Journal of Neurosurgery 97:811-14 (October 2002)
- Teresa J. Shafer, Ronald N. Earle, Kimberly D. Davis, Samuel M. Holtzman, Charles T. Van Buren, et. al., Increasing Organ Recovery from Level I Trauma Centers: The In-House Coordinator Intervention, Progress in Transplantation Vol. 14, No. 3, 250-63 (September 2004)
- The Report of a National Conference on Donation After Cardiac Death
- Texas Anatomical Gift Act
- Sample Donation Policy for Hospitals
