SNOD

Question 1

what do snods do

Answer 1

support potential organ donors and their families, and facilitate the organ donation process
-usually working with patients in critical conditions, live donors and recipients

Question 2

what do they do so assess potential organ donors

Answer 2

-localised tumours
-treated infections
-past (childhood) maligancies
-hypertension
-age
-diabetes

Question 3

contraindications they need to assess

Answer 3

C-JD Jakobs disease
H-IV
U-ncontrolled infection
M-etastalic malignant disease
P-ast history of malignacny
safety for the recipient and what organs are transplantable

Question 4

What must be considered when the SNOD approaches family

Answer 4

-Are the patient a donor?
-are the family aware of the patient’s wishes
-do they agree with the patient wishes
-help retrieve keep sakes
-ensure religious and ethical wishes are kept

Question 5

what information does SNODs gather and share with transplant centers

Answer 5

-contacts GP for medical history
-asks if they are donor
-what organs do they wish to donate

Question 6

consideration for performing last offices

Answer 6

-as you usually would
-senior nurse help
-quiet clam envrionment
-fiscal cases-police

Question 7

process of donation and snod interaction

Answer 7

1. Patient is admitted to ICU or CC
2. SNOD is called
3. conversation with family
4. patient assessment
   -blood tets, imaging, physical exam
   -history:immune system, malignancies
   -patient put on electronic system
5. tissue typing- how well does the donors tissue match the recipients
6. offer organs to transplant centres
   7.centers have 1 hr to respond
7. retrieval theatres and implant theatres booked
8. moblitizing teams to both places:surgeon anesthatist

Question 8

following up with donor and recipient families

Answer 8

-contacting recipient families within the week
-write to family of the donor
-memorial events
- staff debreif

Question 9

sources

Answer 9

NHSBT
British journal of nursing
Nickson, 2020