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Major
Organ Transplant and Donation Programs
MatchingDonors.com "a venue
where patients and potential donors can
meet and communicate, and hopefully
expedite a donor agreeing to give a
patient a much needed organ." Coalition
on Donation
COTA
Children's Organ Transplant Association
"....primary mission is to ensure
that no U.S. citizen is ever denied a
life-saving transplant or access to a
transplant waiting list, due solely to the
lack of funds...."
NIT
National Institute of Transplantation
UNOS
United Network for Organ Sharing "To
advance organ availability and
transplantation by uniting and supporting
its communities for the benefit of
patients through education, technology and
policy development."
Trans
Web "All About Transplantation
and Donation"
"....features news and events, real
people's experiences, the top 10 myths
about donation, a donation quiz, and a
large collection of questions and answers,
as well as a reference area with
everything from articles to videos. For
teens, TransWeb features The
Transplant Journey (a multimedia
trip through the transplant process, soon
to be expanded to include the donor
family's point of view). A comprehensive subject
index, the ability to search the site,
and improved navigation make TransWeb
useful for a broad audience, including not
only transplant patients and their
families, but also students and teachers,
health care professionals, and the
media...." |
Organ
Transplant and Donor Programs
British
Columbia Transplant Society
Intestinal
Transplant Registry
LifeNet
is the largest, full-service, non-profit allograft
Tissue Banking System in the United States,
providing human allograft tissue transplants to
over 50,000 patients a year--worldwide.
LifeNet is also a non-profit,
federally-designated, Organ Procurement
Organization (OPO) located in the United States,
providing donation systems for heart, liver,
kidney, pancreas, lung, and other organs for
transplant.
OrganDonor.gov
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Awareness
United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) "To
advance organ availability and transplantation by
uniting and supporting its communities for the
benefit of patients through education, technology
and policy development." Provides
Patient-oriented Information
Blood Donor Programs
Give Regularly... If youre
healthy, your body-which has between 10 and 12
pints of blood-can easily spare about a pint, the
amount thats collected at a donation. Because the
body begins replacing donated blood immediately;
most people can give blood every eight weeks.
Blood drives are held throughout
the year at schools, churches, synagogues,
military bases, places of business and
organizations in your community. Check the health
section of your local newspaper for blood drive
listings, and look in the Yellow Pages for the
telephone number of the blood collection
organization nearest you.
GiveLife.org
"We encourage all eligible blood donors to
schedule an appointment to give blood - the gift
of life. The American Red Cross has recently
expanded its ability to schedule blood donation
appointments online. As such, not all donation
opportunities are yet available online. Thank you
for your patience and please continue to visit
this site or call 1-800-GIVELIFE (1-800-448-3543.)
It's only through your generous blood donations
that ... Together, we can save a life.
"To give blood you must be healthy, at least 17
years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, not have
donated blood in the last 56 days or donated
double red cells in the last 112 days. There is no
upper age limit. You may not give blood if you
have received notification from the American Red
Cross or any other blood collection organization
asking you not to do so."
Life Advice About Being a Donor
US Armed Services Blood Donor Resources
Canadian
Blood Services
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Webpages
on Organ Transplants by Individuals
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Organ Transplant Ring
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