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“Donation after Cardiac Death”

“Donation after Cardiac Death”. Mark Tudor BS, CPTC Clinical Manager. Renewed Interest in DCD. Recent renewed interest in DCD: To increase available organs for life saving transplants To address the growing requests by families to fulfill the donation wishes of their loved ones.

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“Donation after Cardiac Death”

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  1. “Donation after Cardiac Death” Mark Tudor BS, CPTC Clinical Manager

  2. Renewed Interest in DCD • Recent renewed interest in DCD: • To increase available organs for life saving transplants • To address the growing requests by families to fulfill the donation wishes of their loved ones

  3. Does DCD Work?

  4. DCDs in Michigan(Number of Donors) 1999 = 0 2004 = 15 2000 = 1 2005 = 17 2001 = 5 2006 = 32 2002 = 6 2007 = 53 2003 = 5

  5. 2007 DCD Statistics(Michigan) Total Organ Donors = 301 Total DCD Donors = 53 DCD Organs transplanted = 74 DCD Organs per Donor = 1.4 (HRSA Goal -- 2.75) Percent of total donors = 17.6 (HRSA Goal -- 10%)

  6. 2007 DCD Statistics(Michigan) • University of Michigan Health System – 7 • Bronson Methodist Hospital – 4 • Bay Regional Medical Center – 3 • Borgess Medical Center – 3 • Hurley Medical Center – 3 • Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center – 3 • Sparrow Hospital – 3 • Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital – 3

  7. Summary

  8. DCD Policies Currently in Place • More than 50 Michigan hospitals now have traditional DCD policies • The Joint Commission has released a requirement that all hospitals have a policy in place (effective January 2007)

  9. 2007 DCD First-Timers(Michigan) • Bay Regional Medical Center • Covenant HealthCare System • Detroit Receiving Hospital • Henry Ford Hospital • Lakeland Regional Medical Center • Mercy Hospital-Port Huron • Munson Medical Center • St. John Macomb Hospital • William Beaumont-Troy

  10. DCD Summary Cont. • DCD is a family driven process • DCD gives the family an opportunity for an additional outcome • Hospitals fulfill their mission of providing quality health care to their community

  11. Thank you for joining us! Questions?

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