Current Data on Organ Donation and Transplantation in Poland: Poltransplant Activity 2017 to 2022.

In this paper, we present organ donation and transplantation activities in Poland from 2017 to 2022. Data came from registries maintained by the Polish Transplant Coordinating Center Poltransplant and consisted of the national waiting list, deceased donor registry, transplant registry, and the live donor registry. Poltransplant is the Competent Authority in Organs, with tasks related to preparing assessments, analyses, information, and reports in transplantation medicine and publishing and disseminating these results in the country and abroad.

Demand for Continuous and Long-Term Care in Transplant Recipients: Data From the Organ Transplantation Registry-Poltransplant Activity.

This study aimed to determine the number of recipients with active transplants under the care of transplant centers in 2022 and the current volume and needs for continuous and long-term care in this group of transplant recipients. Data came from the organ transplant registry, one of the registries maintained by the Polish Transplant Coordinating Center Poltransplant. We included recipients of individual organs who, on January 1, 2022, were living with an active transplant performed in previous years and recipients who received a transplant in 2022.

Organ Procurement From Foreigners Who Died in Poland and Organ Transplantation to Foreigners.

The aim of the work was to present data concerning organ donation from and transplantation to foreigners in Poland. Data came from registries maintained by the Polish Transplant Coordinating Center POLTRANSPLANT, consisting of the national waiting list, deceased donor registry, transplant registry, and live donor registry. In Poland, the rules for organ and tissue procurement for transplantation from foreigners who died in Poland and the rules for transplanting organs to foreigners are adopted and applied.

The System of Transplant Coordinators in Poland: Poltransplant Activity.

Background: One of the important tasks of a modern hospital, in addition to treatment, prevention, and education, is the activity in the field of donating organs from deceased and living donors. In July 2010, the Polish Transplantation Coordination Center Poltransplant (the national transplantation organization and the authority responsible for organ donation and transplantation), thanks to the funds of the Ministry of Health, under the National Program for the Development of Transplant Medicine, initiated the project of building a network of coordinators by employing hospital transplantation coordinators in selected hospitals, where it is possible to identify potential deceased donors, perform the brain death diagnostic procedure, and where the conditions are met and it is possible to collect organs (they have an intensive care unit and operating theater in their structures). In Poland, these conditions are met by 388 hospitals with a donation potential.

National Organ Transplant Registry in Poland. Poltransplant Activity.

Background: In 2006 the National Transplants Registry administered by national transplant organization was introduced in Poland to monitor the results of organ transplantations. Statistical analysis is published yearly in the Poltransplant Bulletin, publicly available on the website and reported to European institutions. The transplant registry cooperates with other registers functioning online, based on the tool https://rejestrytx.

The Current Status of Organ Donation and Transplantation in Poland. Poltransplant Activity.

Background: This article summarizes comprehensive information about the current status of organ donation and transplantation in Poland.

Material And Methods: Reported statistical data of solid organs and vascularized composite allograft donation and transplantation from both deceased and living donors in Poland in 2015-2020 (presented in tables according to selected variables) are based on the national transplant registries, gathering information on donation and transplantation activity in medical centers involved in donation and transplantation programs in Poland.

Results: In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 529 potential deceased donors were referred to the Polish Transplant Coordinating Centre Poltransplant; 1310 solid organs from 393 actual deceased donors (10.