What is the process of donating corneas How to donate corneas

First of all,Donors need to communicate with their families and obtain consent from their families (immediate family members, including spouses, children, parents).；If there is no immediate family member, you can entrust the donation related matters to relatives, friends or hospitals, etc., and after obtaining the consent and support of the family, you can contact the local eye bank unit to obtain the cornea donation application form.

The cornea donation application form can be collected by the donor or the client at the local eye bank center, the donation application form is required to be filled in, the donor's personal information is true and valid, the immediate family can understand and support the cornea donation behavior and sign the application form to confirm, and the entrusted executor should be aware of the donor's willingness to donateand notify the eye bank as soon as possible after the death of the donorIn order to facilitate the smooth progress of the donation work, the cornea (eyeball) obtained by the general staff within 8 hours after the death of the donor can be used for corneal transplantation.

Cornea donation conditions

Anyone's cornea can be donated, including infants and young children, as well as corneas with medical conditions, but corneas used for clinical transplantation can be affected by factors such as disease. The cornea will be tested after the cornea is obtained from the eye bank, and a few corneas that cannot be used for clinical transplantation will be used for medical education and research, and the vast majority of corneas obtained from the eye bank have been used for clinical transplantation.

Donors with certain diseases such as AIDS, syphilis, rabies, tetanus, leprosy, malignant tumors that invade eye tissue, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, etc., and their corneas are not suitable for corneal transplantation, but can be used for medical research.

The law of our country stipulates that the living cannot donate corneas before death, because the cornea can not be seen after donating the eye, and become a disabled person, which is against morality and ethics, so it is not allowed. However, you can fill out a letter of intent to donate your cornea and donate your cornea after death. How do cornea donors go through the procedures for cornea donation?

Cornea donation refers to donation after death, but the relevant procedures must be completed before death. What are the requirements for people who donate corneas? The donor must be willing before his death or with the consent of his or her family after death, in order to respect the principle of voluntariness.

Ages 6 to 60 are preferred. If it is used for medical research, it is not limited by age or disease. Where can I get my cornea for a cornea donor?

The cornea is limited by many conditions, such as death certificate, whether there is an infectious disease, the time of death, etc., so it is unlikely to be collected at home.

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The Municipal Red Cross Society, together with the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Health Bureau, the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, the Justice Bureau, the Education Bureau, and the Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation, can directly go to the registration and acceptance station of their choice to apply for registration, or contact the Red Cross, and the Red Cross will introduce them to the nearest registration and acceptance station, and go through the application and registration procedures according to the following regulations:

1. Volunteers fill in the "Application Registration Form for Voluntary Cornea Donation" in quadruplicate. One copy shall be kept at the registration and acceptance station, one copy shall be kept by the volunteer himself, and one copy shall be handed over to the executor, who shall be the immediate family member of the volunteer, and the volunteer may entrust his work unit or relevant organization to the Red Cross Society of the city for special reasons.

2. When volunteers fill in the "Da Zhaoyuan Application Registration Form", they should hold written proof materials signed and agreed by all their immediate family members. If the volunteer rolls down and requires notarization, he or she can go to the city or district notary office for notarization, and submit a copy of the notarial certificate to the registration acceptance station along with the "application registration form".

3. After the registration is accepted by the registration acceptance station, the volunteers shall be issued with a "Commemorative Certificate of Voluntary Cornea Donation" uniformly printed by the Municipal Red Cross Society.

01 First of all, we go to the local Red Cross to apply for cornea donation, and then fill it out truthfully, usually 4 copies.

02 When we fill out this application, we must have a consent form signed by a relative, so as to meet the legal donation conditions.

03 After we fill out the application form, we can submit the application form to the Red Cross, and the Red Cross will send you a commemorative certificate for voluntary cornea donation, of course, your record has been registered by the Red Cross on the computer.

04 When we pass away, the hospital will remove the cornea from your body and put it in the hospital to provide to those in need. Generally, the age of cornea donation should not be more than 70 years old, otherwise it will not be used.

Donating your corneas is a great thing and I really have a lot of respect for them.

Who can donate corneas?

In general, people with healthy corneas between the ages of 3 and 60 are suitable cornea donors. Eye bank professionals will decide whether to use it for transplantation or scientific research according to the actual situation.

However, according to the "Eye Bank Management" issued by the Ministry of Health of China, in principle, the corneas of the following donors cannot be used for transplantation:

1. Malignant tumors have invaded the eyes, as well as leukemia and other blood diseases;

2. Some infectious diseases such as AIDS, syphilis, rabies, etc., among which hepatitis B is also listed;

1 Cornea donation Cornea donation must be made after death, and the age of donation is between 5 and 60 years old, and if it is for medical research, there is no restriction on disease or age. Most donated corneas are used for transplantation into blind patients.

2 Conditions for cornea donation.

Cornea donation must be voluntary or with the consent of the family. Cornea donation also requires certain conditions, such as: death certificate, whether there is an infectious disease, time of death, etc., generally speaking, corneas that can be donated within 6 hours of death, and can be donated within 12 hours in winter are valuable.

3 Current status of cornea donation.

According to the second population sampling survey in 2008, there are currently 16.91 million visually disabled people in China, and about 4 million people are blind due to corneal lesions, of which 70% can be treated with corneal transplantation, but only less than 5,000 cases of suppression surgery can be performed every year.

4 Corneal transplantation.

Corneal transplantation is indicated for lesions that affect vision due to corneal opacity or edema caused by various factors. For example: corneal opacity caused by viral keratitis of reverse **; Corneal patients who have been burned by acid and alkaline chemicals; Patients with large corneal ulcers; Patients with congenital corneal degeneration, corneal stromal degeneration, and corneal endothelial cell decompensation can be considered for corneal transplantation.