Table 1.
Information content of organ procurement organizations Web sites encouraging organ donation enrollment.
| Data element | N = 60(%)* | Confidence interval + |
| Organ donation type | ||
| Brain death | 54(90) | 82–95 |
| Cardiac death | 30(50) | 41–62 |
| Imminent death | 6(10) | 5–18 |
| Organ procurement medical intervention | ||
| Disclosure of confidential medical records to OPO | 15(25) | 18–37 |
| Performing additional tests unrelated to donor illness but necessary to determine suitability for organ donation | 27(45) | 35–56 |
| Types of antemortem tests required for cardiac or imminent death organ donation (eg, Wisconsin protocol) | 1(2) | 0–7 |
| Types of antemortem invasive procedures (eg, cannulation) required for cardiac or imminent death organ procurement | 1(2) | 0–7 |
| Time of organ donation process and procurement for brain, imminent, and cardiac death | 1(2) | 0–7 |
| Surgical intervention for organ recovery in the operating room | 52(87) | 78–92 |
| Organ donor end-of-life care | ||
| Physicians Providers of medical care not part of the transplant team | 60(100) | 95–100 |
| Aspects of end-of-life care incompatible with organ donation | 0 | 0 |
| Death at home and organ donation | 5(8) | 4–16 |
| Option of hospice care and organ donation | 0 | 0-0 |
| Changes to medical care at the end of life for organ donation | 0 | 0-0 |
| Organ donation and body disfigurement | 59(98) | 93–100 |
| Donor knowledge score, % | 33 | 20–47 |
| Donor consent reinforcement | ||
| Altruistic reasons for organ donation | 59(98) | 93–100 |
| Religious views condoning organ donation | 58(97) | 90–99 |
| Discussion of donation consent with donor's family | 60(100) | 96–100 |
| Tips for persuasion of donor's family for donation consent | 9(15) | 9–24 |
| Ask donor's family near the time of death for organ donation | 55(92) | 84–95 |
| Donor's family grief is alleviated by organ donation | 26(43) | 33–53 |
| Donor's family not responsible for organ procurement expenses | 60(100) | 96–100 |
| Donor consent reinforcement score, % | 79 | 57–86 |
| Donation promotion | ||
| OPO is nonprofit organization | 52(87) | 78–92 |
| Adult outreach programs | 59(98) | 93–100 |
| Teacher and school outreach programs | 52(87) | 78–92 |
| Elementary schools outreach programs | 17(28) | 20–39 |
| High schools outreach programs | 36(60) | 49–70 |
| Promotion through media events | 44(73) | 63–81 |
| Recruitment and training of volunteers for organ donation promotion | 56(93) | 86–97 |
| Financial contributions from individuals, businesses, and foundations | 33(55) | 44–65 |
| Donation promotion score, % | 75 | 50–100 |
| Consent forms | ||
| Criteria of brain death | 0 | 0 |
| Criteria of cardiac death | 0 | 0 |
| Organ donor end-of-life care | 0 | 0 |
| Organ procurement timing in cardiac or imminent death donation | 0 | 0 |
| Medical tests necessary for organ procurement | 13(22) | 14–32 |
| Disclosure of confidential medical records to OPO | 9(15) | 9–24 |
| Informed consent score, % | 0 | 0–33 |
* Values are numbers or median (percent)
+ Range (10% percentile to 90% percentile).
OPO = Organ Procurement Organization.