three cdt partner hospitals win national awards
Center for Donation and Transplant
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is honoring three hospitals in upstate New York and western Vermont for excellence in support of organ donation. The hospitals will be officially recognized October 5, 2012 at the 7th National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in Grapevine, Texas.
The HHS Medal of Honor is awarded in three categories to hospitals with an organ donation rate that meets nationally recognized standards of excellence. The clinical achievements indicate that the hospitals have integrated best practices supporting organ donation into their standard procedures so more lives can be saved through organ transplantation.
Out of 43 hospitals in the Center for Donation & Transplant’s (CDT) service area three were recognized and will receive a medal of honor. Among them, and in collaboration with CDT, 35 organ donations were facilitated during a 24-month measurement period, resulting in 97 transplants for people in need of this life-saving procedure. One hospital, Fletcher Allan Healthcare in Burlington, VT, will receive a Gold medal for meeting or exceeding the three national standards of excellence: an organ donation conversion rate of 75 percent or higher; greater than 3.75 organs transplanted per donor; and at least 10% of all donors recovered via donation after circulatory death. This is the seventh consecutive medal for Fletcher Allan Healthcare, and one of only twenty-two Gold-level medals being awarded nationally.
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{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is honoring three hospitals in upstate New York and western Vermont for excellence in support of organ donation. The hospitals will be officially recognized October 5, 2012 at the 7th National Learning Congress for the Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice in Grapevine, Texas.
The HHS Medal of Honor is awarded in three categories to hospitals with an organ donation rate that meets nationally recognized standards of excellence. The clinical achievements indicate that the hospitals have integrated best practices supporting organ donation into their standard procedures so more lives can be saved through organ transplantation.
Out of 43 hospitals in the Center for Donation & Transplant’s (CDT) service area three were recognized and will receive a medal of honor. Among them, and in collaboration with CDT, 35 organ donations were facilitated during a 24-month measurement period, resulting in 97 transplants for people in need of this life-saving procedure. One hospital, Fletcher Allan Healthcare in Burlington, VT, will receive a Gold medal for meeting or exceeding the three national standards of excellence: an organ donation conversion rate of 75 percent or higher; greater than 3.75 organs transplanted per donor; and at least 10% of all donors recovered via donation after circulatory death. This is the seventh consecutive medal for Fletcher Allan Healthcare, and one of only twenty-two Gold-level medals being awarded nationally.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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