° Cardiac death
° Brain dead patients and organ donors may be tissue donors as well
° Age and medical criteria
° Recovery must occur within 24 hours of death
° If there is no know time of death an last known alive time will be used. The body must be cooled by the 12 hours mark or else the recovery must occur within 15 hours.
° No embalming prior to tissue recovery
° If embalming has begun, donation is no longer an option. Please ensure that tissue and eye screenings are completed or screeners are aware if you plan on calling the funeral home
° Coroner case is okay
° NORS staff will work with the coroners to assess donation potential. In most coroner cases, donation is still an option
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