Intensive care unit
This section contains general information about DCD in New Zealand. DCD is only possible in hospitals that have been credentialed for this process.
DCD is organ donation occurring after death which has been determined by the absence of circulation.
On ventilatory support in ICU, irrespective of diagnosis and age.
Consensus that intensive therapies will be withdrawn in the near future.
In New Zealand lungs, liver and kidneys can be donated in a DCD process. There are several factors which determine which organs can be donated by an individual patient and ODNZ, working with the transplant services, will decide this.
This section contains general information about DCD in New Zealand. DCD is only possible in hospitals that have been credentialed for this process.
DCD is organ donation occurring after death which has been determined by the absence of circulation.
On ventilatory support in ICU, irrespective of diagnosis and age.
Consensus that intensive therapies will be withdrawn in the near future.
In New Zealand lungs, liver and kidneys can be donated in a DCD process. There are several factors which determine which organs can be donated by an individual patient and ODNZ, working with the transplant services, will decide this.