Transplant Coordination Activities in the Başkent University Hospital Network

Abstract

Our transplantation center adopted a new model of operation, with 3 affiliated centers of the Başkent University. The aim of this system is to standardize procedures related to organ procurement and transplantation, to increase organ donation, and to improve the quality of services. The transplant team is composed of a transplant coordinator, and transplant clinicians and surgeons. The transplant coordinator works independently, and promotes organ donation and procurement, organizes interviews with donor families, and is in contact with national and international organ-sharing organizations. The organs and tissues are transplanted in the Ankara hospital of the network if the cadaver organ source is one of the Başkent University hospitals. If no appropriate recipient is available, the organs and tissues are offered to the National Coordination Center for other transplantation centers. To implement this system most efficiently and effectively, periodic situation analyses were made.