Community Hospital
Resource Guide
A Vital Guide for Hospital Senior Leaders to Develop Impactful Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Practices
Table of Contents
A Community Hospital Resource Guide
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Introduction
A Vital Guide for Hospital Senior Leaders to Develop Impactful Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation Practices
About This Guide
Organ, eye and tissue donation can be an infrequent but high-impact occurrence in community hospitals. In an effort to enhance collaborations between community hospitals and their local organ procurement organization, and to increase donation performance, The Alliance Donation Leadership Council has developed this Community Hospital Resource Guide – a comprehensive, electronic resource designed to:
- Increase awareness of hospital data measuring donation performance
- Provide essential education on donor management processes and practices
- Provide model practices for collaboration and communication between OPOs and hospitals, including implementation of interdisciplinary donation councils
- Offer suggested resources for donation education
This guide includes five essential areas of focus to develop a successful organ, eye, and tissue donation program within your hospital, and help ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance. Utilizing the principles outlined in this guide, your local organ procurement organization (OPO) will be able to guide you and be an excellent partner in helping you to develop a robust organ, eye and tissue donation program.
We invite hospital senior leaders to critically evaluate their organ, eye, and tissue donation program in relation to the 5 essentials and to partner and collaborate with their local OPO.
How to Use the Guide
Each essential begins with fact-finding questions for hospital CEOs and senior leaders to ask in order to learn about the current state of the hospital’s organ, eye and tissue donation program. A brief outline of model elements for each essential is provided. Each essential links to a detailed chapter for more in- depth information, details, and guidance and hyperlinked resource tools.
All hyperlinks in this guide are dynamic to ease navigation. Click on the links to navigate to the areas of interest.
A glossary of terms and associated acronyms and a one-page educational outline on “What a Hospital CEO Needs to Know” about donation can be found in this guide.