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Organ Donation After Circulatory Death

Summary

Describes the necessary requirements for health facilities to undertake organ donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) in NSW including the applicable setting for DCDD in NSW, donor referral criteria, patient management (including decision making and consent processes), ante-mortem procedures, criteria for the declaration of death, care of the patient and family (before and after the patient's death).
File link: Organ Donation After Circulatory Death
File size: 593 KB
Document type: Guideline
Document number: GL2024_010
Publication date: 25 July 2024
Author branch: Office of the Chief Health Officer
Branch contact: (02) 9391 9188
Replaces: Organ Donation After Circulatory Death [GL2021_012]
Review date: 25 July 2029
Policy manual: Not applicable
File number: DG24/4423
Status: Active
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Organ Donation After Circulatory Death

Functional group

  • Clinical/Patient Services - Critical Care, Human Tissue
  • Corporate Administration - Governance

Applies to

  • Public Health Units
  • Local Health Districts
  • Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Specialty Network Governed Statutory Health Corporations
  • Affiliated Health Organisations
  • Public Hospitals

Distributed to

  • Ministry of Health
  • Public Health System
  • Divisions of General Practice
  • Government Medical Officers
  • NSW Ambulance Service
  • Tertiary Education Institutes

Audience

  • Directors of Clinical Governance
  • Directors of Critical Care and Intensive Care Unit staff
  • Transplant Surgeons
  • Transplant Units
  • Operating Theatre Staff
  • Designated Officers
  • Directors of Emergency Departments
  • Emergency Department Staff