Launching of the international community of DTI Foundation
DTI Community, the new international project of DTI Foundation (Institute of Donation and Transplantation) was presented by the executive director of DTI, Dr María Paula Gómez, during the framework of the celebration that was organized in the Parc Científic de Barcelona to commemorate the 10 years of life of DTI.
This proposal is a new community that brings together all the people and institutions that share knowledge about organ donation and transplantation. Its objective is to disseminate information about organ donation and transplantation and to promote the development of the DTI Foundation at global level.
Thus, the new initiative of DTI aims to connect students of the international training courses offered by the Foundation, the Transplant Procurement Management (TPM), with all the people and institutions interested in organ donation.
The main values of the community are respect, diversity and transparency and it is composed of four different profiles of people: students, friends, volunteers and ambassadors.
In addition, this project offers great opportunities and services for its members to satisfy the diversity of interests and needs that prevail in the sector. These benefits are: publication of job offers, conducting specialized webinars with internationally recognized health professionals, publication of news and events in the field of donation and transplantation and a solidarity bag, which aims to collect funds for training purposes for healthcare professionals from around the world.
Contributes to improve other people’s lives. Join the DTI Community by registering at http://www.dticommunity.org/
DTI Foundation: 10 years saving lives through donation and transplantation
On 10th of May, took place the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the DTI Foundation (Donation & Transplantation Institute) at the Parc Científic of Barcelona. More than a hundred attendees went to the event. Since its formation, DTI has carried out 21 international cooperation projects and has earned 123,500 years of life.
Many authorities attended to the ceremony, such as Dr Martí Manyalich, the president of the DTI Foundation, Dr Beatriz Dominguez, the director of the National Transplant Organization (ONT), Dr Jaume Tort, the director of the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT), Dr Francesc Cardellach, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (UB) and Mr. Ignasi Belda, deputy director of the Parc Científic of Barcelona.
During the celebration, several presentations were made. The director of the ONT, Dr Beatriz Dominguez talked about the organ donation and transplantation in Spain and around the world. Also, it was officially presented the DTI Community by the executive director of the Foundation, Dr María Paula Gómez. Dr Manyalich was also honoured with the honorary distinction of 'Hippocratic Physician', awarded by the Hippocratic Movement of the Island of Kos, Greece, homeland of the “Father of Medicine” Hippocrates. This award recognizes doctors who have distinguished themselves by two key aspects in the art of medicine, according to Hippocrates: scientific excellence and dedication to humanity.
Moreover, congratulatory videos of some of the international experts working with the Foundation who could not attend the event in person but who were present on this special day were also projected.
Leading organization in transfer of knowledge in organ donation and transplant
DTI Foundation was born in 2008 with the aim of helping to increase the donation in the world and save more lives. The entity facilitates and improves resources so that organ donation is possible all over the world.
The Foundation's commitment to society is to improve the quality of life of the population and to promote the development of tissues and regenerative medicine. The resources in which the organization has invested to achieve are the knowledge and the training of health professionals through the international educational program TPM (Transplant Procurement Management). Operating since 1991, more than 14,000 healthcare professionals have been trained in more than 100 countries around the world.
Therefore, DTI has professionalized the donation and transplant activity through the life experience and knowledge of all the people who are part of the Foundation. Consequently, it is helping to raise awareness about that the organs of deceased patients can be lives for the patients who are waiting for them.
A donation is a great human act: by the doctors who know how to transmit the need to give the organs and by the family members, who are generous and choose the best possible decision.
Dr Martí Manyalich, president of DTI Foundation.
First donation after brain death diagnosys in Manipal Hospital Goa, India
On 6th April it was performed the very first donation after brain death diagnosys in Manipal Hospital of Goa. As this was the first time for this kind of donation there were several new scenarios for the transplant team such as the creation of a green corridor for the transport of the professionals involved and the goverment permission for the procurement of the organs which was asked directly to the Health Secretary Ashok Kumar.
DTI has participated actively as consulting expert with the Goa state medical professionals in organ donation (see DTI news about Goa 2017 ). Following to the interest of the Ima Goa state, 3 professionals were trained by TPM-DTI Foundation in organ donation and transplantation.
All 3 doctors were part of the mentioned transplant process; Dr Amol Mahaldar did the Counseling, Dr Divya Amol was the organ retrieval surgery anesthesiologist and Dr Mahesh Panche, who was awarded with a scholarship by Verdés Industries last year, coordinated the process as new Transplant Coordinator in Goa.
Quoting Dr. Amol Mahaldar "Hopefully other departments of Goa Medical College will swing into action soon and we can have local organ allocations. Your visit to Goa and suggesting the measures to improve brain death diagnosis and Counseling cane in most handy".
We hopefully will be there to give you support!
Collaboration between DTI Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement a deceased organ donation program
The collaboration between DTI Foundation and the UAE started in 2015, initially with an educational program aiming to improve the knowledge and skills of the health care professionals involved in the organ donation program. A total of 250 physicians and nurses, mainly from the high potential hospitals, have been trained as Transplant Procurement Managers (TPMs).
A second phase of the cooperation program started in 2017 adding another layer of support to the program. A team of DTI international experts have been visiting UAE hospitals. During the hospital visits, interviews with healthcare professionals have been conducted, different educational initiatives have taken place and an alert system for donor identification have been outlined. Further recommendations for the establishment of in-hospitals organ procurement units have been developed.
The first visit took place in July 2017, since then six brain death patients have become organ donors resulting in 19 organs being recovered. The cardiac, liver and lung transplant programs have commenced and an organ sharing system between UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been implemented.
In April 2018 the third visit materialized including a meeting with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) CEO Dr. Mohamed Rashed Al Qubaisi who offered his complete support to the deceased organ donation program.
The main goal for this visit was the development of quality control tools based on the Organ Donation European Quality System (ODEQUS) model. Also, a meeting for the implementation of an integrated kidney waiting list took place in SEHA Dialysis Services.
Further TPM courses and expert visits have been scheduled for 2018 to continue with the cooperation plan aiming to achieve complete implementation of the deceased organ donation program.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and DTI Foundation keep cooperating in the framework of the implementation of a quality management system on organ donation
Last November, the SCOT (Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation) and DTI Foundation signed a collaborative agreement to improve the clinical aspects related to the deceased organ donation on the country. This 3-year program sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia includes knowledge exchange visits to increase the detection of possible donors, healthcare professionals training activities and the development of an IT tool based on the successful model ODEQUS (Organ Donation European Quality System). The program aims to increase the Saudi donation rate up to 10 pmp.
In this framework, six hospitals participate in the pilot phase of the project: King Abdulaziz National Guard Medical City in Riyadh, King Saud Medical City in Riyad, King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah and King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah.
During the first week of March (5th-9th), a Saudi delegation composed by Dr. Bicher Attar (SCOT medical director), Dr. Elsayed Gadalla (SCOT medical coordinator), Dr. Mohammed Shalaby (Head of the ICU department in King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah) and Dr. Rasheed Alhubail (Critical care consultant in King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam) came to Barcelona and Madrid to visit reference centers and meet with the competent authorities to know more about the Spanish donation model.
Meeting with Dr. Manyalich in Hospital Clínic de Barcelona during the visit of the Saudi delegation.
Until this date, the project has the support from the following centers: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, OCATT (Organització Catalana de Transplantaments), Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón and the ONT (Organización National de Trasplantes).
During the last knowledge exchange activity last month (March 19th – 22nd), DTI experts met in situ with the participant hospitals’ representatives to introduce and provide guidance about the internal audits methodology.
Meeting with the hospital representatives in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh (March 2018)
Moreover, since January 2018, DTI Foundation has led monthly videoconferences with the SCOT and the project responsible from the participant hospitals to monitor the project’s evolution and implement the internal audits to evaluate the hospitals’ performance in terms of deceased donation.
March 2018 monthly videoconference
All this work and efforts converge with the objective to enhance the communication between the SCOT and the donor hospitals by identifying areas in which additional specialized expertise or training are required and establishing a proper action plan.
Annual Report 2017 DTI Foundation
We are glad to present you the Annual Report of DTI Foundation for 2017.
To know more about our activity (Educational programs; Congresses attendance; European and other International Projects) you can take a look:
https://issuu.com/dtifoundation/docs/annual_report_2017_dti_foundation
DTI delegation participates in Nephrology Society Conference in Sudan
Our dear Sudanese Master student, Dr. Abubakar Abdelwahab, invited DTI to present the Deceased Organ Donation Program in the 7th International Conference of the Sudanese Nephrology Society held in Khartoum, 30th of January - 3rd of February.
Dr. Vicens Torregrosa, Dr. Salvador Fojón and Dr. Chloë Ballesté were honored to present several topics on the field together with other international guests from Cameroon, Egypt and Ireland.
The DTI delegation had also the chance to visit 4 hospitals in Khartoum and meet with the professionals involved in ICU’s, dialysis and transplantation departments.
The kindness, enthusiasm and expertise of the professionals met there reinforced the belief that deceased donation has a great future in this awesome country. We are ready to contribute saving lives there!
A delegation of the Thai Red Cross Society attends to a tissue bank course in Colombia coordinated by DTI Foundation
DTI Foundation is collaborating with Fundación Banco de Tejidos Humanos in the development of a consultancy program for the Thai Red Cross Society from Bangkok, Thailand. The program, focused on the procurement and process of musculoskeletal tissue, included a two-week course in the tissue bank facilities in Pereira, Colombia.
In this framework, Dr. Chalit Cheanvechai, Mr. Sombat Rongchaiyaphum and Ms. Nongnuch Maphanao attended the course that took place from January 22nd to February 2nd, 2018. Dr. Edison Duque and Dr. Jaime Duque from Fundación Banco de Tejidos Humanos were the Colombian experts in charge of the implementation. The course includes collaborations with the local hospitals, practical sessions and theoretical lectures to gain scientific knowledge and practical vision.
DTI experts visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the implementation of a quality management system on organ donation program.
DTI Foundation is collaborating with the SCOT (Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation) in a project sponsored by the Ministry of Health of KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). This 3-year program aims to implement a quality management system to increase deceased the donation rate.
Within this framework, an in-situ diagnosis study visit was organized last December 10-14 in KSA lead by Dr. Martí Manyalich (DTI president), Dr. José Luís Escalante (project director), Dr. Francesco Procaccio (ICU expert), Mr. Estephan Arredondo (project coordinator) and supported by SCOT experts.This visit included meetings with the Ministry of Health of KSA and medical experts at different hospitals in the cities of Riyadh and Jeddah to analyze the global situation of the country in terms of organ donation.
As a result of these encounters, some areas of improvement were detected and recommendations were pesented to the Ministry of Health as part of the quality report.
The next phase of the project will involve the implementation of quality indicators in six hospitals affiliated to the SCOT through an IT tool based on the successful model ODEQUS (Organ Donation European Quality System).
3rd Intermediate Training course in Transplant Procurement Management in Abu Dhabi
TPM-DTI Foundation together with the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and its multidisciplinary simulation centre organized the 3rd Intermediate Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management (TPM) from 27th to 29th of November 2017 in Abu Dhabi.
This course has gathered 51 participants from all over the country. These professionals have been taught about how is the organ donation system for transplantation in the Middle East, the history of this system and its future proposals, as well as the perspective of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi on organ donation in the United Arab Emirates.
This 3rd training course in Abu Dhabi have treated others topics like how to approach families and make possible the organ donation, how to diagnose brain death patients and how to detect possible donors.
The participants are very satisfied with the course and they emphasize that thanks to it they have been able to identify the importance of Transplant Procurement Management as well as to be conscious of the value of organ donation. Moreover, some of them applied for the International Master in Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells!!
