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  2. Lifeline of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks [5] and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, Lifeline of Ohio serves 37 counties in central and southeastern Ohio along with Wood and Hancock counties in West Virginia. Lifeline of Ohio has both clinical and non-clinical staff who promote and coordinate organ and tissue donation.

  3. Organ donation - Wikipedia

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    The National Donor Monument, Naarden, the Netherlands Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally , either by consent while the donor is alive, through a legal authorization for deceased donation made prior to death, or for deceased donations through the authorization by the legal next of kin.

  4. Organ procurement organization - Wikipedia

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    Once the OPO receives authorization for donation from the decedent's family or through first-person authorization (such as a state or national Donor Registry), it works with UNOS to identify the best candidates for the available organs, and coordinates with the surgical team for each organ recipient.

  5. Organ donation is a chance to make a difference | Kulick - AOL

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    There are three opportunities for donation after someone dies: organ, tissue and Vascularized Composite Allograft, or VCA donation such a hand and face transplants. The decision is up to the donor.

  6. What people get wrong about organ donation and how it ... - AOL

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    Most people know that organ donations save lives and, in fact, more than 90 percent of Americans support organ donation. But only about 50 percent of U.S. adults are actually registered organ and ...

  7. List of blood donation agencies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    American Red Cross (ARC), specifically the biomedical services division. The ARC provides about 35% of transfused blood in the US. [1]America's Blood Centers (ABC), North America's largest network of non-profit community blood centers. [2]

  8. United Network for Organ Sharing - Wikipedia

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    The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States, established (42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.

  9. Honor walk - Wikipedia

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    An honor walk (or hero walk) is a ceremonial event to commemorate a patient whose organs are donated. The event normally takes place as the patient is transported to an operating room or waiting ambulance prior to organ procurement. It is typically held for patients on life support with no chance of survival, but can also be held for living donors.