The Organ and Tissue Donation Standards for Living Donors apply to acute care organizations that have a living donation team and program. The standards pertain to living organ donation only, including living kidney, liver, lung, intestine, and pancreas donation; they cover caring for living organ donors through all phases of the living donation continuum, from suitability assessment to organ recovery and follow-up care.
The 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 the subset standards: Perfusable Organs for Transplantation (Z900.2.3-03).
The Organ and Tissue Donation Standards for Living Donors comply with Health Canada's Safety of Human Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation Regulations (1).
These standards covers the following sections:
- Making a commitment to living donation services at the leadership level
- Engaging prepared and proactive staff
- Guiding potential living donors through the informed decision-making process
- Assessing the medical and psychosocial suitability of potential living donors
- Performing living donation procedures safely and effectively
- Caring for living donors following organ recovery
- Maintaining accessible and efficient clinical information systems
- Monitoring quality and achieving positive outcomes
1) 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).
2) 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).
References
- Attachment 1 to Appendix B of UNOS Bylaws: Designated Transplant Program Criteria. United Network for Organ Sharing.
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) (2003). Z9000.1-03, Cells, Tissues, and Organs for Transplantation and Assisted Reproduction: General Requirements.
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) (2003). Z9000.2.2-03, Tissues for Transplantation.
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) (2003). Z9000.2.3-03, Perfusable Organs for Transplantation.
- Enhancing Living Donation: A Canadian Forum: Report and Recommendations. February 9-12, 2006. Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Ethical Guidelines for the Evaluation of Living Organ Donors. University Health Network Bioethics Program, updated December 2008. http://www.uhn.ca/Focus_of_Care/MOT/Living_Donor/docs/EthicalGuidelLDsDec08apprvd.pdf
- Pruett, T.L. et al. (2006). The Ethics Statement of the Vancouver Forum on the Live Lung, Liver, Pancreas, and Intestine Donor. Transplantation. 81 (10). http://www.unos.org/policiesandbylaws/bylaws.asp?resources=true
- The Consensus Statement of the Amsterdam Forum on the Care of the Live Kidney Donor (2004).Transplantation, 78 (4).
- The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Guidance for the Informed Consent of Living Donors. http://www.unos.org/ContentDocuments/Guidance_InformedConsent_LivingDonors_62309.pdf
- The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Living Liver Donor Evaluation Guidelines. http://www.unos.org/ContentDocuments/Living_Liver_Donor_Evaluation_Guidelines2(1).pdf.
- 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).