Understanding The Organ Donation
Process
At NJ Sharing Network,
we recognize that every organ and tissue donation involves the gift of a
donor and his or her family, as well as the efforts of our professional
partners.
We work closely with
hospitals, medical examiners and funeral homes to realize our mutual goal of
saving and enhancing lives through organ and tissue donation.
This section is intended to
provide healthcare professionals with resource information to support them
in their identification, referral and care of potential organ and tissue
donors.
Steps In The Donation Process
• Referral: Routine, timely referral of patients
meeting clinical triggers ensures that every opportunity for donation is
realized.
• Evaluation: Our highly trained donation
specialists conduct an evaluation of a patient’s medical history and current
status to determine the patient’s ability to give the gift of organ and tissue
donation.
• Approach: Our families are supported as they
grieve for their loved one who has died. NJ Sharing Network staff, in
partnership with hospital staff, will begin a caring, empathetic discussion
with families about the opportunity for donation. In circumstances where
the patient has declared their wish to donate through their license or advance
directive, NJ Sharing Network staff will gently guide the family through the
process to honor that gift.
• Management: Expertise and vigilant care is needed
to ensure that as many recipients as possible are given a second chance of life
through the decision to donate. Resources from multiple hospital
departments are utilized to honor the gift. Recipients are identified and
prepared for a life-saving transplant.
• Recovery: Every donation is a gift.
Recovery of organ and tissue is done in the hospital operating room, under
sterile conditions and with utmost respect for the selfless gift of life that
is being offered.
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