26 May 2024 : Original article
[In Press] Effect of the Organ Donation Quality System on Donation Activity of Warsaw Hospitals
Edyta Karpeta 1ABCDEF, Izabella Godlewska 2ABCDEF, Piotr Małkowski 1EF, Maciej Kosieradzki 2ABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/AOT.943520
Ann Transplant In Press; DOI: 10.12659/AOT.943520
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Like many other countries, Poland faces a shortage of transplantable organs despite implementing strategies to develop donation programs. Increasing the effectiveness of deceased organ donation programs requires the implementation of protocols and quality standards for the entire process. The aim of this study was to assess the organ donation potential in Warsaw hospitals (with and without implemented donation procedures) in the years 2017-2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected donation activity. The obtained results were compared with quality indicators established in the ODEQUS project and the European Commission project “Improving Knowledge and Practices in Organ Donation” (DOPKI).
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Retrospective analysis was performed of hospitalization and death causes (including deaths in the brain death mechanism) in the hospitals and intensive care units in 2017-2018. We divided 15 Warsaw hospitals into 2 groups: those with implemented quality programs for organ donation (n=4) and those without such programs (n=11).
RESULTS
Hospitals with procedures obtained significantly higher values than hospitals without procedures, but were lower than the values in DOPKI and ODEQUS. The success rate of the organ donation process after brain death recognition was comparable in all groups. The conversion rate to actual donors was 73% in hospitals with procedures compared to 68% in hospitals without procedures, significantly higher than in the 42% reported in the DOPKI project.
CONCLUSIONS
Low numbers of brain death declarations in Warsaw hospitals result from low recognition of deaths in the brain death mechanism. Implementing procedures at each hospital level will enable identification of critical points and comparison of solution outcomes.
Keywords: Brain Death; Organ Transplantation; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Tissue Donors
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