DonateLife SA coordinates all organ and tissue donor activities across the state. It works with hospitals and hospital-based DonateLife medical and nursing specialists to provide professional donation services and encourage best practice to increase donation rates.

 DonateLife SA activities include: 

• raising awareness about organ and tissue donation

 • encouraging discussion about donation 

• educating health professionals about the donation process

 • offering care and support to donor families. T

he opportunity for organ donation is an infrequent event. It can come at an intensively emotional time for families and can be challenging for all involved. 

Specific knowledge is required to support families and their decision-making at this time, it is critical that information is provided in a clear and sensitive manner that is appropriate by specialised trained DonateLife staff. 

The organ and tissue authority have created two online learning modules for health professionals: 

• The Eye and Tissue Donation eLearning module provides information on what eye and tissue donation and transplantation is and your role as a health professional in the process.

 • The Routine referral for organ and tissue donation eLearning module is designed to increase awareness of organ and tissue donation and debunk some myths that may prevent timely referral to DonateLife of patients who are at medical consensus of end of life care.