Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc.

Information was provided to TransWeb by the Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc. 3/98; updated 6/01.

910 Madison Avenue, Suite 1002; Memphis, Tennessee 38103

toll free 1-877-228-LIFE (1-877-228-5433) (p)

(901) 328-4438 (p)

(901) 448-8126 (f)

http://www.midsouthtransplant.org

meguire@soutdonor.org

UNOS Region 11

Contact person for public education:	Lisa Peoples, peoples@midsouthdonor.org
Geographical areas covered:	Eastern Arkansas, Northern Mississippi, Western Tennessee
Population served:	1.8 million
Transplant centers in the service area:	Baptist Memorial Hospital, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Bowld Hospital

The organization and its mission:
Mid-South Transplant Foundation is the federally-designated organ procurement organization for a service area which includes Western Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas and Northern Mississippi. This catchment area includes the Memphis Metropolitan area. The foundation offices are located at 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 805, Memphis, TN 38103, while our HLA laboratory is located at 956 Court Avenue, Suite G235, Memphis, TN 38163. The service area of MSTF serves a population of 1.5 million. Within this are four transplant institutions: University of Tennessee William F. Bowld Hospital (Kidney, Liver and Pancreas); LeBonheur Children's Medical Center (Kidney, Liver, Heart); Baptist Memorial Hospital (Heart, Lung, Heart/Lung); and Methodist Hospital (Heart). Mid-South Transplant Foundation has cooperative working relationships with the local tissue and eye banks as well as will all the acute-care facilities located within its geographically defined territory. The Mid-South Transplant Foundation is multifaceted as outlined in its mission statement.

Mission Statement:

* To provide the option of donation to all families of potential organ donors and to protect their rights and interests throughout the donation process. To assure uniformly high standards of performance and ethical behavior in the provision of our services to donor families, donor hospitals, and transplant centers. To service the medical and general communities of Western Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas and Northern Mississippi by assuring the fair and equitable distribution of organs and tissues for transplantation.

* To educate the public and professional sectors on the benefits of organ and tissue donation.

* To represent the interests of the people of our service area in the formulation of policies, procedures and regulations concerning organ donation and transplantation. To support the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (UNOS) in its policy development, scientific studies and programs to assure equitable access to organs donated for transplantation.

Unique or creative organ donation promotion strategies:
Routine referral protocols are in place in 85% of the hospitals within the Mid-South Transplant Foundation service area. This protocol requires that the hospitals must call the 24-hour donor referral hotline on all patients less than 76 years of age immediately after the first examination consistent with brain death for potential organ donors. The protocol also requires that the family approach be made by the OPO staff if the individual is deemed medically acceptable. Notification of death forms were designed and approved for use in hospitals, copies of which are provided to the OPO. Compilation of statistics are then reported back to the institutions by unit/floor indicating a compliance rate of the routine referral policy.

This policy has:

1. Eliminated donation requests to families if patients are greater than 75 years of age.
2. Eliminated next-of-kin approaches when medical contradictions were present.
3. Placed OPO staff in the position of making 75% of the requests.
4. Increased referrals.

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