TRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION

Australian education for health professionals - Organ & Tissue Donation
Australian Practice Nurses Association CME points
Australasian Donor Awareness Program ADAPT Training modules on organ donation and management
DonateLife - Education on organ donation for health professionals  List of GP education modules (CME points)

Australian transplant organizations - general
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
Children’s Organ Transplant Association  COTA  
DonateLife Australian Government Initiative 
*Refer stats of types of organ donation or resources  *List of State Health Departments and Facts and statistics   
Medicare Australia   
National Organ Donation Collaborative NODC
Outcomes Australia
Transplant Australia   

Australian support and awareness community groups
David Hookes Foundation  
DonateLife - Support and Awareness organisations
     *DonateLife - Guide for Community Speakers     
Transplant Australia - Australian Transplant Games
     *Other Transplantee events *Cycle Club - Cricket Club *Second Chance golf events
World Transplant Games Federation  
     *8th Winter World Transplant Games 2012  3-10 March 2012 (inc Nicholas Cup for kids) Anzére Switzerland
     *19th World Transplant Games 2013  28 July-4 August 2013 Durban Sth Africa
Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation 

Australian Transplant Professional Organizations 
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology ANZSN
Australian Transplant Co-ordinators Association ATCA
Renal Society of Australasia RSA
Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand TSANZ        
Transplant Nurses Association TNA

Global links of interest - CKD and Transplantation
Center for Disease Control CDC - USA
Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes KDIGO
National Institute of Health NIH 
Transplant Living
Transweb USA
United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS - USA

International Transplant Groups
Association of Organ Procurement Organization AOPO
American Society for Artificial Organs ASAIO
British Transplant Society  BTS
European Dialysis and Transplant Association ERA-EDTA committed to communication on ethical practices
     *Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking & Transplant Tourism - Custodian Group 
     *Thinking of buying a kidney?  STOP!  What you need to know (translations) Declaration of Helsinki
Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation Assocation - Education NDTA
     *Literature Review *Survey reports
NHS UK Transplant   
Renal - National Services Framework UK  
Transplant Recipients International Organisation TRIO

Live Organ Donation
DonateLife *Australian Paired Kidney eXchange - Agreement to participate *For patients and willing living donors  *Q & A on live donation  
Could I be a Living Donor  Transplant UK
Kidney donation by live donors  NSW Health
Live Kidney Donor - Travel Reimbursement Scheme West Australian Country Health Service is committed to organ donor program Patient info sheet  
Making a decision about living and organ and tissue donation  NHMRC

Organ Donation - Patient education
DonateLife - Religion and donation 
Donate Life - Resources designed for GPs, practice nurses, health professionals to facilitate better understanding of the process of organ and tissue donation in Australia
Get the Facts  USA website
The Interactive Body: Organs and tissues for transplant  3D human organs and tissues
Kidney Transplant  Virtual Renal Centre WA - 3D animation on kidney transplantation
Kids Kare  Provides information on organ donation and organ transplants USA
Play with Transplant Man  Renal Support Network USA
Renal Resource Centre  Sydney NSW - many publications in this category
Types of organ donation  DonateLife
Wiki overview of global organ donation systems and attitudes Includes info on Spanish 'opt out' system

Organ Donation Fact Sheets
Could I be a Living Donor  TransplantUK
Deciding about live donation  KHA
DonateLIfe - Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) and Frequently Asked Questions  (general public)
DonateLife - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Kidney donation by live donors  NSW Health
Making a decision about living and organ and tissue donation from "Living Organ and Tissue Donation: Guidelines for Ethical Practice for Health Professionals" NHMRC

Organ Donor Register
Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Global network of donor registries of unrelated donors between 18 and 40 in good health and prepared to donate for anyone in the world.
Australian Organ Donor Register or call 1800 777 203
Australian Red Cross Blood Service call 13 14 95 to donate always needed blood.
Donate Life - Tissue and eye banks in Australia

Organ Donation Registries, data and stats - for CKD and organ donation in Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - AIHW data and resources 
CKD in Australia - Kidney Health Australia
ANZDATA and ANZOD Registries

Organ Donor Registries - Global weblinks for data and statistics
European Dialysis and Transplant Association Registry  (ERA-EDTA)  
     *Scottish Renal Registry  *UK Transplant  *UK Renal Registry 
United States Renal Data System USRDS

Standards for treatment of CKD, organ donation and transplantation 
DonateLife - Policies and protocol On organ donation, cardiac death and transplantation
KDOQI Guidelines National Kidney Foundation USA
KDIGO Guidelines  Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
KHA-CARI Guidelines Caring for Australasians with Renal Impairment 
     *Chronic Kidney Disease *Dialysis *Transplantation (Guideline categories)
NDTA Guidelines  Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation Assocation
Organ allocation protocols for kidneys in Australia  TSANZ - How our kidney allocation system works

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