In-hospital logistics: what are the key aspects for succeeding in each of the steps of the process of controlled donation after circulatory death?

Paul Murphy; Catherine Boffa; Alex Manara; Dirk Ysebaert; Wim de Jongh

doi:10.1111/tri.12708

In-hospital logistics: what are the key aspects for succeeding in each of the steps of the process of controlled donation after circulatory death?

Transpl Int. 2016 Jul;29(7):760-70. doi: 10.1111/tri.12708.

Authors

Paul Murphy¹, Catherine Boffa², Alex Manara³, Dirk Ysebaert⁴, Wim de Jongh⁵

Affiliations

¹ National Clinical Lead for Organ Donation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK.
² Oxford Transplant Centre, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Professor of Surgery, University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Transplant Coordinator, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 26497951
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12708

Abstract

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are becoming an increasingly important population of organ donors in Europe and worldwide. We report the state of the art regarding controlled DCD donation describing the organizational and technical aspects of establishing a controlled DCD programme and provide recommendations regarding the introduction and development of this type of programme.

Keywords: controlled; donation after cardiac death; donation after circulatory death; nonheart beating donation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Belgium
Brain Death
Death*
Decision Making
Hospital Administration*
Hospitals
Humans
Models, Organizational
Netherlands
Pain
Spain
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tissue Donors*
Tissue and Organ Harvesting
Tissue and Organ Procurement / methods*
United Kingdom