This protocol is currently under review
The purpose of the National Protocol is to outline a framework and ethical process for Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (previously referred to as Donation after Cardiac Death). Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death is a clinical pathway for organ and tissue donation.
The National Protocol was developed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) with a working party chaired by the National Medical Director of the Organ and Tissue Authority (OTA) and was approved by the NHMRC on 2 July 2010. The protocol is currently being reviewed by the OTA.
To read more about the National Donation after Cardiac Death Protocol please see the Protocol and the Plain Language Statement.
Further information is available in the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Statement on Death and Organ Donation available here.
