Acronyms
True or False
Where am I?
100

DCD

Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) describes the organ recovery process that may occur following death by irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions. A DCD donor may also be called a non-heart beating, asystolic, or donation after cardiac death donor.

100

A patient is a registered organ donor and is declared BD. Their LNOK does not wish for them to donate. This patient does not become an organ donor

FALSE


*First Person Auth

100

LifeNet Health OPO has three dedicated offices

Richmond

Virginia Beach

Roanoke

200

OPO

Organ Procurement Organization

An organization authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under Section 1138(b) of the Social Security Act, to procure organs for transplantation.

200

While on-site for a new patient the physician tells you "this patient is so sick, you won't want them!" So you log them out.

FALSE


CMS definition of Potential Organ Donors

200

The location and purpose of the QC Lab

Virginia Beach

where serologies are run


*important to factor in location and time of sero runs

300

DSA

Donation Service Area

The geographic area designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that is served by one organ procurement organization (OPO), one or more transplant hospitals, and one or more donor hospitals

300

COVID + Patients can be organ donors

True

300

HLA labs

VAUV (University of Virginia Hospital) if West of Richmond

VANG (Sentara Norfolk General Hospital) Richmond & East


HLA= Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) typing 

400

KDPI

Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) 

combines a variety of donor factors to summarize the risk of graft failure after kidney transplant into a single number. The KDRI expresses the relative risk of kidney graft failure for a given donor compared to the median kidney donor; values exceeding 1 have higher expected risk than the median donor, and vice versa.

400

Which Medical Examiner do you call when you are at VAMC (VCU Hospital)?

Central


There are 4 Medical Examiner Districts within VA (East, Central, West, and North)

(and the WV OCME when at those facilities)

500

CPRA

Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA)

The percentage of deceased donors expected to have one or more of the unacceptable antigens indicated on the waiting list for the candidate. The CPRA is derived from HLA antigen, allele, and epitope genotype frequencies for the different populations in proportion to their representation in the national deceased donor population.

500

HLA typing must be completed prior to organ offers sent

FALSE!

Only the kidney list requires HLA typing to be resulted prior to running lists. All other organ lists can be run and allocation can begin. 

500

Where to find Brain Death Testing Policy for VANG?

in True North:

click the hospital's name on the grid

file upload tab

"disable" time frame

scroll