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Home›Health›Ascension hospitals recognized for organ and tissue donation

Ascension hospitals recognized for organ and tissue donation

By Wausau Times
May 31, 2018
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Ascension St. Clare’s Hospital, Weston, and Ascension Good Samaritan Hospital, Merrill, are among 16 hospitals recently honored by the University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation (UW OTD) for their ongoing commitment to saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

The UW OTD Award of Hope recognizes the comprehensive work of hospitals that achieve or exceed the goals of two important measures that maximize the gift of life: the true conversion rate (TCR), which measures the percent of medically eligible donors that become actual donors; and organs transplanted per donor (OTPD), which measures the average number of organs recovered from each donor.

Ascension St. Clare’s and Ascension Good Samaritan each received the Excellence in Tissue Donation award which is annually given to Wisconsin Tissue Bank partner hospitals who achieved at least a 60 percent consent rate. This metric measures the collaborative work between the hospital staff and tissue bank in coordinating communication around tissue consent conversations.

“A successful organ donation program is closely aligned with our value of Reverence within Ascension,” said Jeremy Normington-Slay, president of Ascension St. Clare’s and Ascension Good Samaritan. “Honoring patient’s wishes and respecting the value of every life, takes a team of dedicated individuals from a variety of areas including our emergency department and patient care units with support from our operating rooms, laboratory, spiritual care and house supervisors.”

In 2017, Ascension St. Clare’s had a donation consent rate of nearly 75 percent and Ascension Good Samaritan achieved an 80 percent rate which made possible more than 550 gifts of tissue for transplant, giving people improved mobility, clarity of sight and freedom from pain.

“The clinical management of donors, coupled with a hospital’s compassionate support of donor families, is a critical component to saving lives through the gift of organ donation and transplantation,” said Michael Anderson, executive director of UW OTD. “We honor these hospitals and their incredible physicians and nursing teams for working so hard to help ensure that those who are waiting for a transplant will get a second chance at life.”

The 2017 Award of Hope winners were honored during a ceremony May 17th and include those hospitals within the donation service area for UW OTD, which includes 108 hospitals in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois.

More information on organ, tissue and eye donation in Wisconsin can be found at DonateLifeWisconsin.org or at a Wisconsin DMV Service Center.

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