title: Overcoming Hospital Resistance to Create a Successful Donation After Circulatory Death Program.
abstract: In the setting of an ever-increasing transplantation need, and a relatively static number of brain dead donors, donation after circulatory death (DCD) has heightened importance as a process to increase the number of organs available for transplantation. This article describes the barriers to the DCD process at a community hospital, what occurred to change the situation, and how data were used to overcome administrative and cultural barriers to create a successful DCD program. The program has become a role model in the local community.
authors.affiliation: Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, California, USA. Electronic address: rosemary.omeeghan@hoag.org.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Meeghan
authors.affiliation: OneLegacy, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pedral
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003643:Death; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010360:Patient Transfer; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*