The System of Transplant Coordinators in Poland: Poltransplant Activity.
Journal
Transplantation proceedings
ISSN: 1873-2623
Titre abrégé: Transplant Proc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0243532
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2022
May 2022
Historique:
received:
30
12
2021
accepted:
09
02
2022
pubmed:
1
6
2022
medline:
17
8
2022
entrez:
31
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
One of the important tasks of a modern hospital, in addition to treatment, prevention, and education, is the activity in the field of donating organs from deceased and living donors. In July 2010, the Polish Transplantation Coordination Center Poltransplant (the national transplantation organization and the authority responsible for organ donation and transplantation), thanks to the funds of the Ministry of Health, under the National Program for the Development of Transplant Medicine, initiated the project of building a network of coordinators by employing hospital transplantation coordinators in selected hospitals, where it is possible to identify potential deceased donors, perform the brain death diagnostic procedure, and where the conditions are met and it is possible to collect organs (they have an intensive care unit and operating theater in their structures). In Poland, these conditions are met by 388 hospitals with a donation potential. The aim of the work is to present the functioning of the system of transplant coordinators in Poland. The work presents the system of employment and tasks of transplant coordinators at various levels: hospital coordinators for donating organs from deceased donors, living donation and transplant coordinators, coordinators of hematopoietic cell collection and transplantation, central coordinators of Poltransplant, and organ procurement and transplant coordinators associated with transplant centers.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
One of the important tasks of a modern hospital, in addition to treatment, prevention, and education, is the activity in the field of donating organs from deceased and living donors. In July 2010, the Polish Transplantation Coordination Center Poltransplant (the national transplantation organization and the authority responsible for organ donation and transplantation), thanks to the funds of the Ministry of Health, under the National Program for the Development of Transplant Medicine, initiated the project of building a network of coordinators by employing hospital transplantation coordinators in selected hospitals, where it is possible to identify potential deceased donors, perform the brain death diagnostic procedure, and where the conditions are met and it is possible to collect organs (they have an intensive care unit and operating theater in their structures). In Poland, these conditions are met by 388 hospitals with a donation potential.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the work is to present the functioning of the system of transplant coordinators in Poland.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The work presents the system of employment and tasks of transplant coordinators at various levels: hospital coordinators for donating organs from deceased donors, living donation and transplant coordinators, coordinators of hematopoietic cell collection and transplantation, central coordinators of Poltransplant, and organ procurement and transplant coordinators associated with transplant centers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35637014
pii: S0041-1345(22)00208-1
doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.02.031
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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