HORNHINDER: DANMARK ER NU SELVFORSYNENDE Vi har tidligere importeret hundre- obduktioner og ændret lovgivning devis af hornhinder fra USA - det er har de seneste år gjort det nødven- ikke længere nødvendigt. digt at supplere med import. “Siden sidste efterår har vi kunne dække behovet for hornhindevæv med donationer fra afdøde danske patienter. Vi har ikke meldt det ud tidligere, for vi ville gerne se, om vi kunne holde niveauet. Men det har ikke været nødvendigt at importere hornhinder siden november 2015.” Sådan fortæller professor Jesper Hjortedal, som er medicinsk chef på den Danske Hornhindebank. Intensivering af indsats I 2013 intensiverede hornhindebanken indsatsen for at få flere hospitaler til at medvirke til hornhindedonation. Der skete et vigtigt ryk, da hospitalerne på Sjælland gik med i netværket. Der blev oprettet en satellitfunktion på øjenafdelingen på det daværende Glostrup Hospital (nu Rigshospitalet), som varetager den daglige kontakt til hospitalerne på Sjælland. Hornhindebanken blev grundlagt i 1978 på Aarhus Universitetshospital. Det har altid været visionen, at Danmark skal være selvforsynende med donorhornhinder, men færre Stort lokalt engagement Informationsvirksomhed samt et stort lokalt engagement på enkelte sygehuse har yderligere medvirket til den gode udvikling. De mange forskellige tiltag ser ud til at have fordoblet antallet af hornhindedonationer i Danmark som lå på 199 i 2013. Allerede 1. november i år passerede antallet af donationer 350. Vidste du. 4 at de fleste cancerformer (med undtagelse af leukæmi og lymfoner), blodforgiftning, grå stær og alderdom ikke udgør noget problem ved donation af hornhinder. 4 at ældre mennesker kan have de fineste hornhinder. 4 at donation af hornhinder kan ske fra både hjertedøde og hjernedøde. 4 LINK: www.hornhindebanken.dk IN ENGLISH - DONERFOLDEREN LIGGER ONLINE PÅ ENGELSK Den engelske version af Donorfolderen er en direkte oversættelse af den information, du også kan finde i den danske Donorfolder. Folderen kan for eksempel være anvendelig, når du skal kommunikere på engelsk om hjernedød og organdonation. I folderen er der blandt andet engelske forklaringer på: • Hjernedød • At tage stilling til organdona- tion i Danmark • Afsked med den afdøde Download folderen via 4 www.organdonor.dk Organ donor - yes or no? Dansk Center for OrWhgat daoens thde laow snay?atioN A new organ can save or prolong the life of patients with chronic kidney, heart, liver or lung failure. A new organ can give back a normal life with school, work, family and children to seriously ill patients. Organs from brain dead people can be used for transplantation. . In Denmark, express consent has to be given to organ donation if the organs are used for transplantation. If the deceased has not decided whether to be an organ donor or not, the relatives will have to make the decision. It can be very difficult to make a decision on your behalf. They are already in a difficult and vulnerable position. Therefore, it is important to know your position. The point is to know your position to be able to respect this in case of brain death. In Denmark, all people above 18 years of age are therefore encouraged to decide whether they want to be organ donors or not. You can change your decision at any time if you change your mind. Denmark had a new law on organ donation in 1990. The brain death criterion was introduced, which means a person is dead if the brain no longer functions/reacts. These rules are part of the Danish Health Act, law no. 546 of 24 June 2005 with subsequent changes (Sundhedsloven, lov nr. 546 af 24. juni 2005 med senere ændringer). According to the law no organs can be removed unless the deceased or relatives have consented to this. If the position of the deceased is not known, the relatives will be asked to decide. Organs cannot be bought or sold in Denmark. According to the law it is illegal to buy or sell organs in Denmark. It is also illegal to use bought organs. All organs used for transplantation in Denmark are from persons who have personally or through relatives consented to be organ donors. A patient who needs transplantation cannot buy an organ or have a bought organ transplanted in Denmark. ORG Inform to make to beco Life with a new organ Patients who receive a new organ will typically return to a normal life after the transplantation although they have to take medicine for the rest of their life. Most transplanted patients feel they get a good life and they feel much better than before they received a new organ. The survival of patients with a new organ is increasing. Four to five years after the transplantation of a heart, liver, lungs or kidneys, 80-90% of the patients live with their new organ. Dansk Center for Organdonation Side 4
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