Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) are non-profit organizations responsible for recovering organs from deceased donors for transplantation in the U.S. There are 57 OPOs that perform the life-saving mission in their assigned donation service areas. OPOs work with organ procurement, and work directly with a decedent’s family during the emotional discussion about potential donation in order to facilitate the gift of life. For every successful match, the OPO facilitates authorization, testing, the recovery of donor organs, and delivery to the transplant hospital. Due to OPOs organ donation has increased by over 10% in 2020.
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