Donation after Cardiac Death

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Donation after Cardiac Death

• Mark Tudor BS, CPTC
• Clinical Manager

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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

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• Does DCD Work?

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DCDs in Michigan(Number of Donors)

• 1999 0 2004 15
• 2000 1 2005 17
• 2001 5 2006 32
• 2002 6 2007 53
• 2003 5

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2007 DCD Statistics(Michigan)

• Total Organ Donors 301
• Total DCD Donors 53
• DCD Organs transplanted 74
• DCD Organs per Donor 1.4
• (HRSA Goal -- 2.75)
• Percent of total donors 17.6
• (HRSA Goal -- 10)

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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

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• Summary

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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)

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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

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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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