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Which factors are considered, (and in what order), when you decide who gets an available organ donation?
Organs are placed according to six standard criteria.
- Severity of illness
- Time waiting (when were they placed on the list)
- Blood type
- Tissue Type
- Size (Organs must fit properly in the thoracic cavity).
- Location (Placement in the nation goes according to regions. Indiana is in UNOS Region 10 which includes Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Therefore, when we recover organs in Indiana, we make every effort to place them in Indiana. The number of miles away from the transplant center are included in the patient's placement criteria on the list.)
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