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10 Opportunities for Action
Pages 281-282

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... Currently, however, approximately only half of these individuals become organ donors. Nevertheless, more and more organ procurement organizations and hospitals are increasing their donation rates and some are approaching or are achieving 75 percent conversion rates.
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... 282 ORGAN DONATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION TABLE 10-1 Actions to Increase Organ Donation Individuals · Register as an organ donor through driver's license, donor card, or donor registry · Inform family members of organ donation decisions Families · Discuss organ donation decisions · Honor prior donation decisions made by the deceased family member · Provide consent for donation if the deceased family member did not make a decision regarding donation Healthcare, · Implement system changes emergency · Sustain mechanisms and support for continuous quality care, and improvement transplantation · Integrate organ donation and end-of-life care practices and systems services · Expand donation opportunities · Increase opportunities for donation after circulatory determination of death · Expand and enhance professional education about organ donation and end-of-life care Nonprofit · Provide multiple opportunities for donor registration and organizations, education academia, · Encourage registration through donor cards, driver's licenses, or government, donor registries media, · Promote programs to increase donor awareness employers · Improve media coverage to increase public awareness and reduce misperceptions · Increase public education · Coordinate efforts through the use of · Donor registries · Uniform state laws · Fund research on innovative approaches to increasing rates of organ donation and enhancing organ viability tions after circulatory determination of death (DCDD)
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