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Volume: 4 Issue: 2 December 2006 - Supplement - 1

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THE TRANSPLANT COORDINATION SYSTEM AT BASKENT UNIVERSITY

In 2001, the Turkish Health Ministry established the National Coordination Center (NCC) to promote transplantation activities for deceased donor organ procurement. Although, transplantation activities are gaining acceleration day by day all around the country, deceased donors are still far below the desired rates. In parallel with the founding of the NCC, in January 2001 the Baflkent University Hospital Network (BUHN) adopted a new operating model for transplantation. Today, the BUHN encompasses six hospitals and 14 dialysis centers throughout Turkey mostly dedicated to organ transplantation. Till now, in our network, the number of brain-dead patients was 46 and the number of family consent was 27 (58.6%). Of the 85 total solid organ grafts collected in this period, 88.2% were transplanted at our own center and 11.8% were offered to the NCC. The rate of heart and liver grafts offered to the NCC was 66.6% and 17.4%, respectively. Although, the majority of grafts were used in our center, we also had contribution to the national donor organ pool. Besides, Baflkent University put great effort and endeavour for not only the health care professionals but also the publics education on organ transplantation, by the assistance of the Universitys television and radio channels. Improvements in the fields of education and coordination should increase the quality and the quantity of transplantation activities. The transplantation activities in our network will hopefully lead to a larger organ pool and shorter waiting lists.



Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Pages : 164


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