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time to respond to clinical needs and clinical practices around organ allocation , to ensure that the maximum number of people have access to organ transplantation as a therapy and we make best use of the organs that are available to us from donors .”
Organ allocation schemes are designed to balance equity and utility – fundamentally to make sure that everyone in need has a fair chance of an organ transplant . When you consider that organs are in short supply , and on average three people still die every day in need of a transplant , it is easy to see that every efficiency allowed by
technology can make a difference on the number of lives extended through organ transplantation . “ It ’ s about making sure that we match the donor organ with the transplant recipient in a way that is safe and will result in a positive outcome to the transplant , but also make sure that the allocation scheme maximises the number of people who will receive a transplant and the number of years that they will live with a donated organ ,” Powell adds .
The allocation scheme works behind the scenes in conjunction with DonorPath , which is an iPad app created for the specialist nurses .
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