Organ Donation New Zealand is the national service for deceased organ and tissue donation. A donor coordinator and an ODNZ medical specialist are available at all times on (09) 630 0935.
Donor coordinators are senior registered nurses who organise organ and tissue donation. They take the referral, liaise with the transplant services and tissue banks, arrange the donor operation, travel with the surgical teams, and follow up with both the whānau and the staff involved.
ODNZ medical specialists are senior intensivists, available 24 hours through the donor coordinator. They advise on the clinical situation, physiological support, determination of brain death, medical suitability, DCD timeframes, family discussions and coroner liaison.
Clinical advice or a referral, 24/7: call (09) 630 0935. This reaches the on-call donor coordinator, or an after-hours paging service that will redirect your call.
Non-urgent enquiries: email contactus@donor.co.nz.
Post: Organ Donation New Zealand, PO Box 99 431, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.
Link teams are made up of intensive care doctors, intensive care nurses and operating theatre nurses in donor hospitals across New Zealand. They are the local resource on donation in your hospital.
Organ donation is possible in 24 hospitals in Aotearoa.
Every opportunity for deceased organ donation should be recognised by hospital staff.
Every family should have donation discussed with them in a compassionate and respectful manner by a healthcare professional with the appropriate knowledge and skill.
Donation should be discussed with all families irrespective of whether the word "donor" is on the driver licence.
The family's decision about donation should always be respected. All donors come out of human tragedy and donation by the family is voluntary.
The process of organ donation must accord with good medical practice, ethical standards, and the law. The Human Tissue Act (2008) requires both informed consent and a lack of informed objection before organs or tissues may be removed from a deceased person for transplantation.
Organ Donation New Zealand is the national service for deceased organ and tissue donation. A donor coordinator and an ODNZ medical specialist are available at all times on (09) 630 0935.
Donor coordinators are senior registered nurses who organise organ and tissue donation. They take the referral, liaise with the transplant services and tissue banks, arrange the donor operation, travel with the surgical teams, and follow up with both the whānau and the staff involved.
ODNZ medical specialists are senior intensivists, available 24 hours through the donor coordinator. They advise on the clinical situation, physiological support, determination of brain death, medical suitability, DCD timeframes, family discussions and coroner liaison.
Clinical advice or a referral, 24/7: call (09) 630 0935. This reaches the on-call donor coordinator, or an after-hours paging service that will redirect your call.
Non-urgent enquiries: email contactus@donor.co.nz.
Post: Organ Donation New Zealand, PO Box 99 431, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.
Link teams are made up of intensive care doctors, intensive care nurses and operating theatre nurses in donor hospitals across New Zealand. They are the local resource on donation in your hospital.
Organ donation is possible in 24 hospitals in Aotearoa.
Every opportunity for deceased organ donation should be recognised by hospital staff.
Every family should have donation discussed with them in a compassionate and respectful manner by a healthcare professional with the appropriate knowledge and skill.
Donation should be discussed with all families irrespective of whether the word "donor" is on the driver licence.
The family's decision about donation should always be respected. All donors come out of human tragedy and donation by the family is voluntary.
The process of organ donation must accord with good medical practice, ethical standards, and the law. The Human Tissue Act (2008) requires both informed consent and a lack of informed objection before organs or tissues may be removed from a deceased person for transplantation.