title: Transplant coordination activities in the Başkent University Hospital Network.
abstract: Our transplantation center adopted a new model of operation, with 3 affiliated centers of the Başkent University. The aim of this system is to standardize procedures related to organ procurement and transplantation, to increase organ donation, and to improve the quality of services. The transplant team is composed of a transplant coordinator, and transplant clinicians and surgeons. The transplant coordinator works independently, and promotes organ donation and procurement, organizes interviews with donor families, and is in contact with national and international organ-sharing organizations. The organs and tissues are transplanted in the Ankara hospital of the network if the cadaver organ source is one of the Başkent University hospitals. If no appropriate recipient is available, the organs and tissues are offered to the National Coordination Center for other transplantation centers. To implement this system most efficiently and effectively, periodic situation analyses were made.
authors.affiliation: Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haberal
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boyacioglu
authors.forename: Turgut
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noyan
authors.forename: Cevahir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haberal
authors.forename: Münire
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turan
authors.forename: Gülnaz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Rengin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erdal
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003142:Communication; D003663:Decision Trees; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014421:Turkey