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Statewide Partnership Advancing Organ Donation
At any given moment,
approximately 2,500 Ohioans are in need of an organ for transplant and last
year 200 of those people died while waiting. Ohio’s organ procurement
organizations are partnering with the Ohio Hospital
Association on the Ohio Organ Donation Breakthrough Initiative, which aims
to shrink the number of deaths to zero.
This goal can be met
if the state’s top 30 high organ donor-potential hospitals meet the
Initiative’s two objectives:
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Ohio currently
converts individuals who are eligible to donate an organ into actual
donations at a rate of about 60 percent.
The initiative
looks to reach a 75 percent conversion rate by the end of 2007.
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Ohio currently
procures 3.19 organs per donor.
The initiative
looks to increase the number to a rate of 3.75 organs per donor.
This initiative is working to ensure
more healthy organs reach the people whose lives depend on them, ultimately
ensuring that no Ohioan dies while waiting for an organ transplant.
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Partners
Life
Center, Southwest Ohio
Life
Connection of Ohio,
Northwest and West Central
Ohio
LifeBanc, Northeastern Ohio
Lifeline of Ohio, Central and
Southeast Ohio
Ohio Hospital
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