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Opening a Donor Management Center.
Emma Max1, Meredith MacKenzie-Greenle, Jamie Ann Acero-Webb
1Emma Max works in the Gift of Life Donor Program at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. Meredith MacKenzie-Greenle is an assistant professor in the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing at Villanova University in Villanova, PA. Jamie Ann Acero-Webb is a clinical nurse specialist at Penn Medicine, where Leah Lambe is a nurse manager, Niels D. Martin is chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, and Emily Vail is codirector of the Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation. Contact author: Emma Max, emmarmaxrn@gmail.com . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Donor management centers improve care for brain-dead organ donors before organ procurement. This study details the establishment and outcomes of one center, highlighting the need for more research on nursing
Area of Science:
- Transplantation Medicine
- Critical Care Nursing
- Organ Donation Science
Background:
- Over 100,000 individuals in the U.S. await organ transplants.
- Increasing demand for viable organs necessitates improved organ donor care.
- Donor management centers offer specialized care to brain-dead donors pre-procurement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the operations of donor management centers.
- To detail the establishment of a specific donor management unit.
- To report on the results and lessons learned from this initiative.
Main Methods:
- Case study of a newly opened donor management center.
- Description of operational protocols and patient care strategies.
- Analysis of outcomes and challenges encountered.
Main Results:
- Successful implementation of a dedicated donor management unit.
- Identification of key operational successes and areas for improvement.
- Data on the care provided to brain-dead organ donors.
Conclusions:
- Donor management centers are crucial for optimizing organ availability.
- The establishment of such centers requires careful planning and execution.
- Further investigation into the role of nursing care in organ donor management is warranted.
