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