Hospital Partner Education MTN's Donor Care and Surgical Recovery Unit
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tarting in the early summer of 2022, eligible organ donors will be transferred to MTN’s Donor Care and Surgical Recovery Unit (DCU). The DCU will decrease overall time associated with donation, allowing for earlier funeral and memorial service arrangements. The DCU will allow critical hospital resources to be more readily available to meet the growing demands for community healthcare delivery. It will allow intensive care unit beds and operating rooms to be used for other critically ill patients; on average, MTN occupies an ICU bed with donor care for 48 hours and requires four hours of operating room time for organ recovery.
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Transfer process of organ donors to MTN’s DCU Referral process: The referral process remains the same, per hospital policy. MTN determines eligibility and responds on site as appropriate. Evaluation and declaration: Brain death evaluation and declaration occurs, per hospital policy. The donation after circulatory death (DCD) process will not change. DCD donors will remain at your facility throughout the donation process. Donation authorization: The patient is a first-person-registered donor or MTN obtains written authorization for donation from the patient’s legal next of kin.
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Family support and clinical management: MTN’s Family Services Coordinator continues supporting the family as needed, while the clinical coordinator begins clinical management of the authorized donor, including any interventions not available at MTN’s DCU. Transfer eligibility: The patient is hemodynamically stable and eligible for transfer upon assessment by MTN’s clinical coordinator. Coordinating transfer: MTN coordinates the time of transfer to the DCU and updates hospital partners and donor family members. Honor walk/transfer: Depending on the facility, the hospital can coordinate an honor walk during the transfer from the ICU to the critical care transport vehicle.
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