SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RATE OF POTENTIAL DONOR DETECTION BY USING PPDDP (PERSIAN POSSIBLE DONOR DETECTION PROGRAM)

Introduction: Donor detection is one of the most important parts of organ donation process. The usual detection methods are: - Passive detection - Administrative detection - Active detection (in hospital coordinator) which is the best worldwide method According to the socioeconomic status of Iran and high number of Hospitals affiliated to each OPU, it is not practical to establish in-hospital coordinator method in Iran Method: We designed a project named PPDDP (Persian Possible Donor Detection project) consisted of: 1) IP (Inspector Project): Using trained nurses for visiting the ICUs regularly 2) TDDP (Telephone Donor Detection Program): Using trained medical students for primary evaluation of possible donors and following GCS 4,5 and GCS3 non brain dead cases by phone. 3) HR (Hospital Reporting): Hospitals were divided according to the number of ICU beds and having neurosurgery ward.