Who can enroll on the Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry?
The Joshua Abbott Organ and Tissue Donor Registry allows individuals to register their authorization to donate specific or all organs and tissues upon their death. If you are under the age of 18, you...
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Without documentation of a loved one’s wishes, families often decline to authorize donation. By enrolling on the registry, your desire to donate is stored in a secure, confidential database. Should...
View ArticleDoes my religion support donation?
Most major religions approve of organ, tissue and eye donation, and consider donation an act of charity.
View ArticleIs my family or estate charged for donation?
No. There is no cost to the donor’s family for organ and tissue donation. Once death has been declared and authorization is confirmed through the donor registry or from the family, all costs associated...
View ArticleUnder what circumstances can a person be a cornea (eye) donor?
The great thing about eye tissue is that everyone is a universal donor. Your blood type does not have to match. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what color your eyes are, or how good your eyesight...
View ArticleUnder what circumstances can a person be a tissue donor?
Virtually all deceased persons, regardless of cause of death, may potentially be tissue donors. Unlike organ donation, it is not necessary for heart and lung function to be maintained on a ventilator....
View ArticleUnder what circumstances can a person be an organ donor?
In almost all cases resulting in organ donation, the patient has suffered a traumatic brain injury and brain death. After all life-saving efforts have been exhausted, and it is determined that the...
View ArticleHow many people need donated organs and tissue?
Today, nearly 120,000 children and adults await life-saving organ transplants. More than 5,000 of them are listed at transplant centers in Florida. In addition, hundreds of thousands more wait...
View ArticleWhat organs and tissues may be donated?
Transplantable organs include the kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas and intestine. As for tissue, skin is used as a temporary dressing for burns, serious abrasions and other exposed areas. Bone is...
View ArticleWhat is organ and tissue donation?
Organ and tissue donation is the process of recovering organs and tissues from a deceased person and transplanting them into others in order to save or enhance the lives of those in need. Up to eight...
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