The Donor Referral Center

The referral process involves hospitals in CORE’s DSA calling CORE’s donor referral center, which is open 24 hours, 365 days a year. This center has many responsibilities, including

  1. Fielding all of the incoming imminent and actual death calls for the entire service area
  2. Screening referrals from hospitals for potential organ, tissue, and eye donors
  3. Mobilizing the recovery teams and securing transportation
  4. Coordinating the organ procurement for fly-outs
  5. Locating recipients for donated organs
  6. Functioning as a designated requestor for tissue and eye donation in CORE’s DSA

The referral process involves hospitals in CORE’s DSA calling CORE’s donor referral center, which is open 24 hours, 365 days a year.