MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SERVICES
1110 HIGHLANDS PLAZA DR EAST NO 100, ST LOUIS, MO 63110 www.midamericatransplant.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT ENABLES ADULTS AND CHILDREN TO RECEIVE LIFESAVING GIFTS THROUGH ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, IT HAS FACILITATED AND COORDINATED ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, AND SERVES 84 COUNTIES COVERING EASTERN MO, SOUTHERN IL AND NORTHEAST AR THAT TOGETHER ARE HOME TO 4.7 MILLION PEOPLE. IT SAVES LIVES BY PROVIDING EXPERT AND COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR ORGAN DONORS, RECIPIENTS AND FAMILIES, AND TRANSFORMS THE CLINICAL PROCESSES REQUIRED TO RECOVER AND TRANSPLANT ORGANS AND TISSUES. MID-AMERICA WAS THE FIRST SUCH ORGANIZATION IN THE U.S. TO USE AN IN-HOUSE OPERATING ROOM FOR ORGAN RECOVERY AND PIONEERED INNOVATIVE MODELS OF INCREASING DONOR REGISTRY ENROLLMENT IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE ORGANS AND TISSUES TO THOSE IN NEED. IT IS FEDERALLY DESIGNATED AS ONE OF 58 SUCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S., A THREE-TIME MISSOURI QUALITY AWARD RECIPIENT, AND THE FIRST ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION TO RECEIVE THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE.

MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT IS INSPIRED BY THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS AND THE COURAGE OF TRANSPLANT PATIENTS AND STRIVES TO MAKE MORE LIFESAVING TRANSPLANTS A REALITY FOR THE NEARLY 114,000 INDIVIDUALS AWAITING TRANSPLANTATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IN 2019, NEARLY 28,648 DEATH REFERRALS WERE ASSESSED BY MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT THROUGH THE REFERRALS BY OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS FOR POTENTIAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION. THROUGH THESE REFERRALS, 271 GENEROUS ORGAN DONORS ALLOWED MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT TO COORDINATE 761 LIFESAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. IN ADDITION TO ORGAN DONATION, TISSUE DONATION IS A CORE COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO SAVE LIVES. MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT COORDINATES THE RECOVERY OF TISSUE, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE IN NEED OF CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS TO RESTORE SIGHT, AS WELL AS SKIN AND BONE DONATIONS TO REPAIR INJURIES. IN 2019, 2,233 TISSUE DONORS PROVIDED HEALING FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGH GENEROUS GIFTS OF SKIN, BONE, VEIN, HEART VALVE, AND CORNEA DONATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, ONSITE LABORATORY SERVICES ALLOW MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT TO CONDUCT INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTING MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MAXIMIZE THE PLACEMENT OF SAFE ORGANS AND TISSUES. THE MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT BUILDING HOUSES A CRITICAL CARE UNIT WITH THREE FULLY EQUIPPED ORS WHERE DONOR MANAGEMENT OCCURS. AIDING THE CLINICAL PROCESS IS THE HOSPITAL SERVICES (HS) STAFF, WHICH INTERACTS WITH THE AREA HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION. THESE PERSONNEL DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVER 120 HOSPITALS AND NUMEROUS PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE HS STAFF ENSURE A POSITIVE PRESENCE IN THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY. MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT ALSO SERVES AS A RESOURCE FOR HOPE AND HEALING. ITS COORDINATORS FROM THE FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES AND DONOR SERVICES DEPARTMENTS COMPASSIONATELY WORK WITH FAMILIES AT THE TIME OF THEIR LOVED ONE'S DEATH, OFFERING EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT DURING THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION REALIZED A 74% AUTHORIZATION RATE WHICH IS THE RATE AT WHICH ORGAN DONOR FAMILIES SAY YES TO DONONATION WHEN APPROACHED. FOLLOWING THE DONATION, THE AFTERCARE PROGRAM SERVES AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION, PROVIDING TOOLS TO HELP FAMILIES WITH THEIR GRIEF JOURNEY AND OFFERING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING PROVIDING BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT MATERIALS AND WORKSHOPS, SUPPORT THROUGH REMEMBRANCE CEREMONIES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN FAMILIES OF DONORS AND RECIPIENTS. MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES SUPPLIES FOR DONOR REGISTRY DRIVES UPON REQUEST. THE INFORMATION SUMMARIZES CRITICAL TOPICS AND IDENTIFIES MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT'S ROLE AS A PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION AND ASSISTS WITH GETTING THE MESSAGE OF ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION TO STUDENTS. THESE MATERIALS ARE ALSO USED TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT DONATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO ENROLL ON THE NATIONAL DONOR REGISTRY. MID-AMERICA TRANSPLANT MAINTAINS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, TRAINING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY DONATION TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO THE CAUSE BY ENGAGING THEM IN OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORY AND PUT A "FACE" TO ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION.

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