| The Clinical Services Department
responds to all potential organ donor referrals from all of
the hospitals within the New York Organ Donor Network's service
area. Transplant
Coordinators are available on-call 24 hours a day, seven
days a week to coordinate all aspects of organ
donation and the transplantation
process.
Whenever a patient is determined to be a potential organ
donor candidate, a Transplant Coordinator meets with the patient's family (next
of kin) to offer the opportunity of organ and/or tissue donation.
They provide detailed information about organ and tissue donation
and answer any questions or concerns the family may have.
Once the family agrees to donate, they are asked to sign a
consent form.
The Transplant Coordinator and Organ
Placement Coordinator assist with the sharing and distribution
of all available organs to patients awaiting an organ transplant.
Transplant Coordinators also coordinate the organ recovery
procedures and arrange for the organs to be transported to
one of the nine Transplant Centers.
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our Clinical Services Department
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