donation service area

In U.S. organ donation, a region of the country usually specified as containing certain counties from which all organs received from nonexcluded donors may be obtained by an organ procurement organization.

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According to the lung allocation policy in place in the US since 2005, lungs from adolescent donors (age 12 to 17) are preferentially offered to adolescent candidates; if there are no suitable adolescent candidates in the location donation service area, the organ is offered to a local candidate aged 0 to 11 years.

No evidence found children age 6 to 11 are at a disadvantage to receive a lung transplant

The proposal recommends ending the practice of "payback" kidney offers owed when a local transplant area accepts a very well-matched kidney offer from a different local donation service area.

OPTN/UNOS public comment proposal for revised kidney allocation policy

The statistical model for OPO monitoring now will be "risk adjusted, meaning the statistical expectations will be calculated according to the specific characteristics of the donors in the OPO's donation service area compared to similar donor characteristics nationwide.

Nevada Donor Network declared "Member Not in Good Standing" by OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors

*Three awards will help teams of organ procurement organizations and hospitals from the same donation service area (DSA) coordinate and implement strategies to increase donation.

HRSA awards $5.2 million in grants to 11 entities for programs to increase organ/tissue donation

The donation rate will allow CMS to assess an OPO's conversion rate of potential donors to actual donors, which allows it to determine how an OPO has performed in regard to the donor potential (the number of eligible deaths) in its own donation service area (DSA).

Surprise! CMS releases OPO final rules and they like them, they really like them

The purpose of the program "is to provide support to teams of OPOs and hospitals in the same donation service area (DSA) to implement and better coordinate strategies for increasing their rates of organ donation and consequently, the number of lives saved through transplantation.

HRSA/DoT announces grants program aimed at increasing donation through joint hospital/OPO efforts

One of the "special focus" chapters featured in the new report examines various ways to measure organ donation rates by donation service area, which has implications for improving overall rates of organ donation.

Death rates for patients awaiting liver transplants down, use of ECD kidneys up, HRSA annual report finds

Confusing an organization (OPO) with a geographic area (Donation Service Area or even an OPO Service Area) is not helpful for the reader and provides a disservice to the OPO community.

Letter to the Editor - Transplant centers responsible for "gaming" the waiting list, not OPOs

Many other large hospitals, clustered in certain donation service areas (DSAs) also have average donation rates that are well above the national average.

Deceased donors in US tops 8,000 for first time, 6,723 live donors results in 31,184 transplants in 2006

*A total of 26 Donation Service Areas (DSAs) achieved the goal of having at least 10% of total donors come from DCD in 2006.

With 2006 to be most prolific ever in organs donated, transplants performed, collaborative sets new goals

Initiating and Increasing DCD in Donation Service Areas (DSA)

Transplant Centers, OPO's have societal responsibility to provide DCD to families, patients, draft report says

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