Donor Network Of Arizona

Programs: Organ recovery & placement services - donor network of arizona maximized the availability of high quality organs and tissues for transplant and research by providing services that are of expressed value to donors, recipients, donor families, donor hospitals, and transplant hospitals. Dna facilitated the donation and recovery of 529 organs of which 456 were transplanted, both record numbers. These organs were recovered from 161 organ donors. 225 people received transplantable kidneys, 9 people received kidneys en bloc, 52 people received transplantable hearts, 111 people received transplantable livers, 5 people received transplantable liver segments, 17 people received transplantable pancreata, 7 people received transplantable lungs, and 27 people received transplantable lungs en bloc. The organization facilitated the importation of 304 transplantable organs from other geographical areas, a record number of imported organs and a 26% increase from the previous year.

tissue recovery & placement services - the organization also facilitated the donation and recovery of various tissues for transplant purposes. A record 715 people donated bone for orthopedic purposes, 184 people donated heart valves, 307 saphenous veins were donated, and a record 1,116 donated skin for burn victims and restorative procedures. In addition, 937 people donated corneas that resulted in 1,169 corneal transplants, of which 108 of these were provided gratis for those who could not afford a transplant otherwise. These donors also donated sclera for transplantation purposes.

the organization's histocompatibility laboratory performed 11,599 tests, the majority of which were for the purpose of matching donors and recipients for kidney placement.

hospital donor program development:the hospital donor program development department is responsible for maximizing the total number of donors recovered for transplant in arizona through the implementation of individualized donor programs based on comprehensive hospital assessment, analysis of the donor potential in arizona, the implementation of ongoing quality process improvement and initiation and fostering of effective relationships within the professional community. Currently this department has 15 full-time coordinators/ associates, a supervisor and one director who, in addition to the vice president, provide education and services to over 120 hospitals as well as hospices and other donation referral organizations throughout arizona. In addition the department has a manager and three staff in data intelligence who are responsible for medical record review and other process monitors for donation systems in the organization and throughout donor network of arizona. The department also has a professional education coordinator who is responsible for internal and external training. Donor network of arizona continues to utilize the best practices as defined by the u. S. Department of health and human services' breakthrough collaboratives for organ donation and transplantation. This includes active participation in regional and national improvement efforts. These efforts continue to help us maximize conversion rates, donors and the number of organs transplanted per donor in arizona. Donor network of arizona continues to work with the arizona hospital and healthcare association to spread the collaborative methodologies and improvements to all arizona hospitals. Through this effort donor network of arizona has a quarterly webinar education series and holds an annual all-hospital symposium. The hospital donor program development department conducts 400 - 600 professional education offerings each year and has provided designated requestor training to over 4,000 healthcare workers throughout the state. In addition, the hospital donor program development staff at donor network of arizona coordinates special education events and projects and develops and maintains educational materials. Community development / public relationsthe focus of our community development / public relations department is to increase organ and tissue donor registration in arizona by creating and expanding public outreach programs, distributing information and developing and expanding community partnerships. Some key public education highlights include:- more than 2,594,000 people have now registered their decision to be a donor on the donatelife az registry, this represents more than 53% of the adult population in arizona. 206,139 joined the registry in 2014. - dna continued its partnership with the arizona department of transportation motor vehicle division, including promotional materials at all offices, newsletter articles, web promotion and more. - dna lead school challenges at the collegiate levels and assisted with high school challenges, encouraging youth in arizona to register as donors. - volunteers contributed over 640 hours of their time promoting donation at more than 215 community events. - donor network of arizona also increased our presence in social media and ended the year with 7,032 likes on our facebook page, 1,839 followers on twitter, 332 followers on instagram, 98 followers on our pinterest and 32 subscribers on youtube. - continued to use multiple portals to allow arizonans to register, including website, mvd, forms, and mail. - continued to use revolutionary technology to allow people to register simply by swiping their driver license in an iphone with a specialized sled attached. Also, improved on this technology by allowing staff to download the swipe app on their phones to register people. - continued to promote the website, liveonaz. Org, as a home for generosity in arizona. This website allows people to place their name on the virtual wall of life and allows people to share their story about organ and tissue donation and transplantation. - more than 50 arizona hospitals and health care organizations added to the registry through the health care for hope campaign. - university of arizona won the donate life campus challenge in a competition during april to increase donation on college campuses in az. - continued work on a $1+million dollar grant from u. S. Department of health and human services to reach out to the hispanic community via consulate offices in arizona and new mexico.