Donor identification and consent for deceased organ donation: summary of NICE guidance

Organ donation plays a major role in the management of patients with single organ failure of the kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart, or lung, or with combined organ failure of heart and lung or of kidney and pancreas. A shortage of transplant organs has resulted in long waits for transplantation. Curre...

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Published in:BMJ 2012-01, Vol.344 (7840), p.45-47
Main Authors: Chamberlain, K, Baker, M R, Kandaswamy, P, Shaw, E J, McVeigh, G, Siddiqui, F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood & organ donations
Brain stem
Clinical decision making
Consent
Death
Decision making
Disease management
Group development
Heart
Human organs
Humans
Identification
Intensive care
Kidneys
Legal consent
Organ donation
Palliative care
Patients
PRACTICE
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Recommendations
Shortages
Tissue and Organ Procurement - standards
Tissue Donors - supply & distribution
Transplantation
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Organ donation plays a major role in the management of patients with single organ failure of the kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart, or lung, or with combined organ failure of heart and lung or of kidney and pancreas. A shortage of transplant organs has resulted in long waits for transplantation. Currently about 500 people in the UK die each year because of a shortage of donated organs. This shortage of organs is partly the result of relatively low numbers of road traffic deaths but is also the result of inefficiencies in the donor identification and consent processes. Here, Chamberlain et al summarize the most recent recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on improving donor identification and consent rates for deceased organ donation.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.e341