Is there a database for organ donors?

The OPTN’s secure transplant information database contains all national data on the candidate waiting list, organ donation and matching, and transplantation. This system is critical in helping organ transplant institutions match waiting candidates with donated organs.

How do I register as an organ donor in Canada?

Donating blood

  1. Book an appointment. Call 1-888-2-DONATE. (1-888-236-6283)
  2. Book an appointment online at blood.ca.
  3. Download the GiveBlood App from the Canadian Blood Services website.

How do you find out where your loved ones organs went?

What should I do if my loved one was a donor, but the recovery took place in another state? To find the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for any state, you can visit www.aopo.org/find-your-opo.

Are you automatically an organ donor in Canada?

The rest of Canada has an opt-in policy for organ donation — meaning individuals must sign up to be organ donors while they are alive. But, whether or not someone has registered as a donor, by common practice the next of kin still may have the final say on whether their organs can be donated.

Is organ donation confidential?

It is important that you, as a living kidney donor, know that all interactions with members of the transplant team are strictly confidential. The living donor team does not disclose any information about the donor to the recipient, even if the donor requests it.

Is organ donation free in Canada?

There are no costs to the donor’s family for organ and tissue donation.

Who Cannot be an organ donor?

Certain conditions, such as having HIV, actively spreading cancer, or severe infection would exclude organ donation. Having a serious condition like cancer, HIV, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart disease can prevent you from donating as a living donor.

Can you find out who received your loved ones organs?

No pressure is placed on donor families or transplant recipients to meet or make contact with one another. Shortly after donation, the donor family and recipient(s) will receive general information about one another. No identifying details are shared unless consent has been given by both parties.

Are organ donors anonymous?

Non-directed living donor organs are donated with the understanding that, in most cases, the organ recovery center controls the recipient selection process. The recipient should not receive information about the donor. Both donors and recipients understand that the donation process must be anonymous.

Can your organs be donated without your consent?

The United States’ system for organ procurement operates under a model of expressed consent. This means that an individual will not be an organ donor unless he or she explicitly states otherwise.

Is Canada opt-in organ donation?

Consent Approaches for Organ Donation Where a choice has not been expressed, next of kin can consent to the donation. Presumed consent (“opt-out”) is an approach in which individuals are presumed to have consented to organ donation following death, unless they express a wish before death not to be organ donors.