IDG Contributor Network: How IoT helps transplant surgeons track organ shipments
Transplanting organs is a matter of life and death. That’s why a donated organ has to be transported quickly and safely.There are more than 120,000 people on the United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS) National Waiting List. Some patients have to wait up to five years for an organ donation. With so much at stake, how do you make sure a donated organ is transported safely to the recipient?Organ donation process The demand for donated organs greatly exceeds the supply, so patients are carefully screened before being added to the Organ Waiting List. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) defines the policies to be followed by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Here is a simplified version of the protocol used to allocate donated organs:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here