Abstract

TORRES, Karen et al. "Donor hospital" an educational strategy: experience at a Latin American transplant center. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2017, vol.32, n.3, pp.205-213. ISSN 2011-7582.  https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.26.

Introduction: Organ transplant is the only effective treatment for patients with advanced chronic disease. Although there is a gap between the number of patients in the transplant waiting lists and the number of donors, one way to diminish the waiting lists is by educating and creating awareness in the community. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of an institutional campaign that encourages organ donation at a Colombian transplant center. Methodology: An institutional survey was carried out in order to assess the prior knowledge, myths and beliefs around organ and tissue donation. Subsequently, a plan was designed to inform, educate and promote organ donation within the institution. Finally, a cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the impact of the campaign during the years of 2014-2015. Results: There was an increase of 56% in the number of potential donors as well of as of organ and tissue procurements: 100% of solid organs, 200% ocular tissue and 850% bone tissue. Discussion: Knowing the attitude towards organ and tissue donation allows to determine factors that influence decision making and to develop campaigns that generate an increase in donation rates. According to our study, generating a culture for organ donation has a high impact on donation rates, and a possible cause of the low rates could correspond to the lack of information that people have, including health workers. This work could be extrapolated nationally in order to recognize the causes of donation denials and to adopt policies that increase donation rates.

Keywords : Hospitals; transplantation; organ transplantation; donor selection; tissue and organ procurement.

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