National protocols, policies and reports
Service standards
This document specifies the Standards which all health care professionals involved in solid organ retrieval should follow to provide a high quality service.
It provides guidance for retrieval from adult, paediatric and neonatal donors, and covers the retrieval of deceased donor organs currently routinely transplanted in the UK.
National protocols for novel technologies
These national retrieval protocols have been developed and approved by a range of clinical stakeholders to provide the best guidance when using novel technologies within the retrieval pathway.
The protocols will be updated as required, following any agreed amendments, and they should be referred to by NORS Teams to ensure the consistent and safe use of novel technologies to support organ retrieval.
The most recent changes to the protocols are highlighted for ease of reference.
Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion (ANRP)
Protocol and related documents:
- UK Protocol for Normothermic Regional Perfusion (PDF 532KB)
- Framework for new centres to start ANRP (PDF 205KB)
- ANRP structure, training and competency (PDF 231KB)
- ANRP passport - FRM6725 (PDF 237KB)
- ANRP Debriefs - summary of key learning identified (PDF 147KB)
- ANRP Retrieval Principles (PDF 273KB)
DCD hearts
Protocol and related documents:
- DCD Heart Donation Guide to Donor Selection and Assessment Criteria (PDF 936KB)
- Standard DCD Heart Retrieval Surgical Protocol (PDF 660KB)
- Standard DCD Heart and Lung Retrieval Surgical Protocol (PDF 730KB)
- DCD Heart and ANRP Surgical Protocol (PDF 705KB)
- DCD Heart and Lung Retrieval with ANRP Surgical Protocol (PDF 753KB)
- DCD Lung and ANRP Retrieval Surgical Protocol (PDF 234KB)
- Papworth Training Manuals - OCS v3 and Cell Saver (PDF 2MB)
- DCD Heart Clinical Review Forum – summary of key learning identified (PDF 493KB)
- DCD Heart Passport FRM6356 (PDF 1.28MB)
Training process:
Reports
- Annual Report on the National Organ Retrieval Service
- National Organ Retrieval Service Review - May 2015 (PDF 2.1MB)
- Output Report - National Organ Retrieval Service Review Challenge Event - July 2014 (PDF 62.2KB)
- Output Report - National Organ Retrieval Service Review Challenge Event - November 2014 (PDF 414KB)
UK Scout Project results
Perioperative documentation
- Abdominal Organ Preservation Practitioner (Theatre Practitioner)
- Cardiothoracic Organ Preservation Practitioner (Theatre Practitioner)
- Joint Scrub Role for Organ Retrieval
- The National Organ Retrieval Service Abdominal Organ Preservation Basic Competency
- The National Organ Retrieval Service Abdominal Scrub Competence
- The National Organ Retrieval Service Cardiothoracic Organ Preservation Basic Competency
- The National Organ Retrieval Service Cardiothoracic Scrub Competence
- The National Organ Retrieval Service Perioperative Core Competence All Practitioners