“Donation after Cardiac Death” Mark Tudor BS, CPTC Clinical Manager

Renewed Interest in DCD  Recent renewed interest in DCD:  To increase available organs for life saving transplants  To address the growing requests by families to fulfill the donation wishes of their loved ones

Does DCD Work?

DCDs in Michigan (Number of Donors) 1999 = = = = = = = = = 5

2007 DCD Statistics (Michigan) Total Organ Donors = 301 Total DCD Donors = 53 DCD Organs transplanted = 74 DCD Organs per Donor = 1.4 (HRSA Goal ) (HRSA Goal ) Percent of total donors = 17.6 (HRSA Goal -- 10%) (HRSA Goal -- 10%)

2007 DCD Statistics ( Michigan)  University of Michigan Health System – 7  Bronson Methodist Hospital – 4  Bay Regional Medical Center – 3  Borgess Medical Center – 3  Hurley Medical Center – 3  Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center – 3  Sparrow Hospital – 3  Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital – 3

Summary

DCD Policies Currently in Place  More than 50 Michigan hospitals now have traditional DCD policies  The Joint Commission has released a requirement that all hospitals have a policy in place (effective January 2007)

2007 DCD First-Timers ( Michigan)  Bay Regional Medical Center  Covenant HealthCare System  Detroit Receiving Hospital  Henry Ford Hospital  Lakeland Regional Medical Center  Mercy Hospital-Port Huron  Munson Medical Center  St. John Macomb Hospital  William Beaumont-Troy

DCD Summary Cont.  DCD is a family driven process  DCD gives the family an opportunity for an additional outcome  Hospitals fulfill their mission of providing quality health care to their community

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