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An Effort to Increase Organs Transplanted per Donor. Dorrie Dils 2/20/08. Challenges. Taking care of the nearly brain dead patient Ensuring that donation remained a viable option for families or for the donor themselves
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An Effort to Increase Organs Transplanted per Donor Dorrie Dils 2/20/08
Challenges • Taking care of the nearly brain dead patient • Ensuring that donation remained a viable option for families or for the donor themselves • Hospital is a Transplant Center: better serving the transplant community
The plan • Tackled it from the before and after brain death point • Pre Brain Death: • Did education about pre donor management guidelines • Good critical care medicine • Ensured that the time from loss of reflexes to brain death was shortened. • Involved the OPO when trigger met
The Plan continued… • After Brain Death • Support given to ensure timeliness of tests • System in place to ensure access to experts ie lung tx and heart tx surgeons
The Results • In 2006: Hospital had a 2.7 OTPD (22) • In 2006: 3.87 (24)