Potential organ donor identification and system accountability

Journal publication

• Reference: Zavalkoff S, Shemie SD, Grimshaw JM, Chasse M, Squires JE, Linklater S, Appleby A, Hartell D, Lalani J, Lotherington K, Knoll G. Potential Organ Donor Identification and System Accountability: Recommendations from a Canadian Consensus Conference. Can J Anaesth 2019; 66.

Editorial 

• Reference: Rochwerg B. Providing Expert Guidance in the Evidence-Based Medicine Era Can J Anaesth 2019; 66: 356-9.

Meeting report and recommendations 

PDF copies of the following reports are available by request. Submit a request by sending an email to OTDT@blood.ca, please include the title and use the subject line: PDF Document Request.

• Potential Organ Donor Identification and System Accountability (in english)
• Atelier sur l’identification des donneurs potentiels d’organes et la responsabilisation du système (en français)

Background documents

• Squires JE, Graham N, Coughlin M, Chasse M, Linklater S, Greenough M, Grimshaw JM, Shemie SD, Dhanani S, Knoll GA. Barriers and Enablers to Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Beliefs of Frontline Intensive Care Unit Professionals and Organ Donor Coordinators. Transplant Direct 2018; 4: e368.

• Squires JE, Coughlin M, Dorrance K, Linklater S, Chasse M, Grimshaw JM, Shemie SD, Dhanani S, Knoll GA. Criteria to Identify a Potential Deceased Organ Donor: A Systematic Review. Crit Care Med 2018; 46: 1318-27.

Webinar presentation

• Title: Donor Identification and Referral Preventable Death and Disability by Dr. Samara Zavalkof

RED blog post

• Title: Expert guidance seeks to improve identification of potential organ donors: A Q&A with lead author Dr. Samara Zavalkoff

Acknowledgements
This report provides an overview of the Potential Organ Donor Identification and System Accountability workshop and a summary of participant recommendations in response to prescribed questions. The workshop was based on the collaborative wisdom of a broad range of stakeholders, experts and key leaders representing Canadian Blood Services and the Canadian National Transplant Research Program (Refer to Appendix B: Workshop participants and affiliations). The Steering Committee would like to collectively thank Canadian Blood Services and the Canadian National Transplant Research Program for their support of this initiative, as well as all participants who helped in the creation of these recommendations. We would also like to acknowledge Ms. Debbie Neville and Mr. Emile Therien, our family representatives, who took the time to share compelling personal experiences which situated participants to the circumstances facing Canadians.

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Note: This report and the published manuscript have been endorsed by the Canadian Critical Care Society