LifeShare University is a reference that provides health care professionals with an overview of the organ and tissue donation process in the hope that everyone will better understand this need and be able to help in providing the gift of life. It does not replace the role of the LifeShare Coordinator, who is available to respond to your hospital and work with families when donation is an option.
Transplantation is undergoing a period of rapid growth due to advances in immunosuppressive therapy, surgical techniques and patient management.
Concurrent with this growth is a critical shortage of organs and other needed tissues. There are hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States waiting for kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas and intestine transplants. Corneas, skin, bone, and other tissues are also in great demand. The need for these organs and tissues continues to far exceed the availability of actual donors.
These guidelines for organ and tissue donation are designed for use by all medical personnel in the hope that everyone will better understand this need and be able to help in providing the gift of life.
Transplantation is undergoing a period of rapid growth due to advances in immunosuppressive therapy, surgical techniques and patient management.
Concurrent with this growth is a critical shortage of organs and other needed tissues. There are hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States waiting for kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas and intestine transplants. Corneas, skin, bone, and other tissues are also in great demand. The need for these organs and tissues continues to far exceed the availability of actual donors.
These guidelines for organ and tissue donation are designed for use by all medical personnel in the hope that everyone will better understand this need and be able to help in providing the gift of life.
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