The Organ and Tissue Donation Standards for Deceased Donors apply to acute care organizations that have a donation team. Throughout the standards, the term “organization” is used and refers to the hospital. The “donation team” includes the donation coordinator, who may be an employee of an organ procurement organization (OPO), physicians, nurses, social workers, respiratory therapists, spiritual advisors, and dieticians. The standards cover the following continuum of service: caring for deceased donors once they have been identified and referred to the OPO to retrieving the specific organs or tissues.
These standards include references to the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards entitled Cells, Tissues, and Organs for Transplantation and Assisted Reproduction: General Requirements (Z900.1-03) and two subset standards: Tissues for Transplantation (Z900.2.2-03) and Perfusable Organs for Transplantation (Z900.2.3-03).
The Organ and Tissue Donation Standards for Deceased Donors comply with Health Canada’s Safety of Human Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation Regulations.1
This standard section covers the following sections:
- Investing in organ and tissue donation services
- Engaging prepared and proactive staff
- Assessing the suitability of donors in a consistent and sensitive manner
- Recovering organs and tissues safely and effectively
- Caring for families following donation
- Maintaining accessible and efficient clinical information systems
- Monitoring quality and achieving positive outcomes
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Safety of Human Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation Regulations, S.O.R./2007-118 to 152 and SI/2007-63 to 69 Canada Gazette, June 27, 2007, Part II). |