New England Donor Services Announces Record Month for Organ Donation
11 Julio 2024 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Successful growth of organ and tissue donation
continues with June 2024 representing the most ever donors in the
New England region in a single month
In June 2024, organ donation in New England attained a new
monthly record high. New England Donor Services (NEDS), the
federally designated Organ Procurement Organization responsible for
the recovery of organs and tissues in the six-state region,
reported it had coordinated a record breaking 64 organ
donors resulting in 154 life-saving organs for transplant
from those donors.
“This record month of generosity is only made possible by our
donors, their families and the dedication of NEDS staff and
transplant partners,” said Alexandra Glazier, President and CEO of
New England Donor Services. “NEDS staff are delivering on the
mission to save and heal more lives made possible by continuously
innovating and improving the system’s capacity to serve more
patients.”
The month of June represents the highest number of donations
ever in the region during a single month since the organ transplant
era began in Boston with the first successful human kidney
transplant in 1954. NEDS is among the top five busiest OPOs in the
nation. 1,401 patients received an organ transplant from donors in
New England last year.
“NEDS is on pace for another record year of coordinating organ
donation in 2024. The efforts of our over 300 employees are laser
focused on serving the donating public and the patient in need by
increasing the availability of organs and tissues for transplant,”
added Glazier.
Among the reasons NEDS cited leading to record breaking
performance:
- NEDS staff engage with families earlier in end-of-life
discussions in cases of non-survivable brain injuries to ensure
organ donation will not interfere with the family’s timing.
- Utilization of state-of-the art organ profusion devices and
techniques – such as normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) – to
improve the function of donated organs after surgical recovery but
prior to transplant, especially from older and/or more medically
complex donors.
- Employment of three, in-house, full-time NEDS surgeons to
recover organs to ensure timely availability of a surgical team as
needed; whereas in the past only surgeons employed by transplant
centers were used for recovery.
- NEDS’ ability to attract and retain top clinical professionals
at a staffing level that allows NEDS to maximize every donation
opportunity.
New England Donor Services New England Donor Services is
a leading nonprofit organization that coordinates organ and tissue
donation in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, the eastern counties of Vermont and Bermuda. Co-founded in
1968 by Nobel Laureat Dr. Joseph Murray, who performed the world’s
first successful organ transplant, today NEDS works with thousands
of donors and donor families who have generously made the decision
to give the gift of life. The organization’s highly skilled staff
medically screen referrals for potential donations from more than
200 hospitals across the region and lead all donor authorization
discussions with families. NEDS also allocates organs according to
the national transplant waiting list and coordinates their
transport to ensure the right organs get to the right patients at
the right time. Learn more at https://neds.org/ or follow us on
LinkedIn or on X at @NEDonorServices.
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Media Contacts
Sean Fitzpatrick, New England Donor Services
SFitzpatrick@neds.org
Travis Small, Slowey McManus Communications 617-538-9041 (cell),
tsmall@sloweymcmanus.com