title: [Comprehensive range of services for general hospitals in the area of organ donation nearly doubles the number of donors in 2 years with a simultaneously economical process].
abstract: To overcome the donor shortage, any potential donor resource must be detected. By establishing a professional service for peripheral hospitals, the numbers of donors available in small hospitals could be nearly doubled: 85% of all donors in our region come from nonuniversity hospitals. By using total quality management techniques, the time requirements for organ donation after confirmation of brain-death and given consent could be reduced to 6 h.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation, Organisationszentrale Hannover.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gubernatis
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schott
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pichlmayr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Basse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vogelsang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smit
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zickgraf
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ketzler
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005858:Germany; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Umfassendes Dienstleistungsangebot für Versorgungskrankenhäuser im Bereich Organspende verdoppelt nahezu die Spenderzahlen in zwei Jahren bei gleichzeitig ökonomischer Vorgehensweise.