National Organ Procurement Service Data

Data Collection Type
National data collections of health and social care in Ireland
Organisation

Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI)/ HSE- National Organ Procurement Office.

Year established

2016

Statement of purpose

The purpose of this data collection is to have accurate national data on organs procured, transplanted, exported and imported and sent for research.

Coverage (geographical and temporal)

All organs procured, transplanted, exported and imported in the Republic of Ireland.

National data collection started in 2016 by the ODTI and is ongoing. Each year sets starts on the 1st of January and finishes on the 31st December.

Description/Summary

All organ donations in the Republic of Ireland are coordinated through the National Organ Procurement Service in the ODTI. Ethical guidelines protect the interests of deceased organ donors, their families, and transplant recipients.

Data users

HSE, DOH, Council of Europe, WHO, Clinical teams and researchers.

Data content

Number of referrals, number of donors, number of no consents, number of medically unsuitable referrals, number of single organ donors, number of multi organ donors, number of non utilised donors, number of heart donors, number of lung donors, number of liver donors, number of kidney donors, donor information & non conversion donor activity information.

Data dictionary

Not available.

National-level identifier variables

We document the IRD number, Irish Registered Donor number.

Equity stratifiers

Gender and age.

Data collection methodology

Data collated by reviewing the donor files and non conversion donor activity logbook and collating on the data base.
Data is collected after each donor and non conversion referral.

Clinical coding scheme

N/A.

Size of national collection

6 year Average is 176 per annum.

Publication frequency

Annually.

Accessing data

Annual reports and specific data requests.

Open data portal access

No.

Email contact
Telephone contact