Bereavement Information 11 South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Organ and Tissue Donation Organ Donation If the patient is a registered organ donor or has expressed a wish to donate their organs with family, please speak to the treating medical team. The treating clinical team should contact the DonateLife hospital staff or DonateLife Agency at the earliest opportunity once there is medical consensus that ongoing treatment is not in the patient’s interests and the patient will be transitioning to end-of-life care. The treating medical team will discuss with you whether organ donation can occur. Tissue Donation If the patient is a registered tissue donor or has expressed a wish to donate their tissue with family or loved ones, please speak with the treating medical team. Deceased tissue donation is donated when your loved one has died. Tissue donation covers those tissues such as corneas, heart valves, bone and tendons and skin. Tissues can be retrieved up to 24 hours after death. Tissue only donors don’t have to die in a hospital, it’s not uncommon for tissue retrievals to occur in either mortuaries or funeral homes.
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