Best Practice Guideline for Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death in Australia

The National Guideline has been developed by the Organ and Tissue Authority (OTA) and the DonateLife Network. The National Guideline provides guidance in relation to the Practice of Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (DCDD) in Australia.

It promotes a consistent, medically appropriate and highly ethical practice of DCDD in Australia that optimises donation and transplantation outcomes. This National Guideline supersedes the 2010 'National protocol for donation after cardiac death'.

Further information is available in the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Statement on Death and Organ Donation (PDF) available here.

We want all Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation. If you want to be a donor, make sure you tell your family and friends.

Registering is easy and only takes one minute. All you need is your phone, Medicare card and one minute to register.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, your medical history, your lifestyle, what country you’re from or how healthy you are — you can still register as an organ and tissue donor.

The Organ and Tissue Authority acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

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