Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation

The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.

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Organ transplantation

Social Security Act, Section 1138

Health care; Organ transplantation

Federal legislation requiring all U.S. hospitals to establish written protocols for identifying potential organ donors. The Act also requires hospitals to notify their designated OPO of potential ...

site survey

Health care; Organ transplantation

Field reviews of OPTN members conducted by OPTN staff to determine compliance with OPTN Policies. The site survey results are reviewed during the peer review process of the OPTN Membership and ...

For a particular population, the total number of years lived. For example, suppose 10 transplant recipients each lived 30 years following the transplant. As a group, these recipients would have lived ...

ethnicity

Health care; Organ transplantation

For OPTN data purposes, the use of categories such as White; Black or African-American; Hispanic; Asian, American Indian/ Alaskan Native; Pacific Islander; Multiracial.

regions

Health care; Organ transplantation

For the administration of organ allocation and appropriate geographic representation within the OPTN policy structure, the membership is divided into 11 geographic regions. Members belong to the ...

Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT)

Health care; Organ transplantation

Formed by HHS in 2000 and comprising members appointed by the Secretary, the ACOT was established to provide additional input regarding HHS oversight of U.S. organ donation and transplantation ...

ad hoc committee on the public solicitation of organs

Health care; Organ transplantation

Formed in 2004 to consider all issues relating to the process of public solicitation of organs for donation, including impact on potential donors, transplant candidates, and their families as well as ...