This protocol is currently under review
The purpose of the National Protocol for Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) is to outline a framework and ethical process for DCD which respects the rights of patients and ensures clinical consistency, effectiveness and safety for both donors and recipients.
Donation after Cardiac Death, now commonly referred to as Donation after Circulatory Death, is a clinical pathway for donation following circulatory death. Further information about DCD is available here.
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 learn more about the National Donation after Cardiac Death Protocol please see the Protocol and the Plain Language Statement.
