Dear Colleagues and Friends

2010 is an exciting year for ETCO filled with new initiatives and alliances. One of the largest and most significant projects is nearing completion: the Certification... continue

We have been invited again to have a joint session with ESICM at their 23rd Congress in Barcelona 9-13 October, 2010.
These joint sessions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of transplant coordination... continue

Four Workshops, Cardiff 23 September, 2010
Four workshops will be offered the day before the congress, 23 September. The registration fee is 75 euros for the Organ Preservation Wet Lab and 50... continue

PROGRAMME
9.00-9.15 INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP
9.15-9.30 BRAIN DEATH CONCEPTS
• Different concepts of brain death in the world
• Whole brain death
•... continue

Workshop 4, The Quality Assurance Programme of the Donation Process in Spain: Key Factors to Improve
Introduction: An organisation responsible for organ procurement must know whether a potential... continue

In addition it is a good opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge between evaluators and coordinators.
Currently, 124 hospitals of all the Spanish autonomous regions are included in... continue

Joint sessions with other associations with overlapping disciplines are of great professional interest to broaden perspectives and examine common aspects in depth.
• European Shock... continue

The Third WHO Global Consultation on organ donation and transplantation was held in Madrid (Spain) from the 23rd to 25th of March 2010. The Consultation was organized by the World Health Organization,... continue

The Board of Transplant Coordination is made up of transplant coordinators elected by national transplant organizations of participating countries. The board met for the first time in London on January... continue

Portugal            1. Ana França                              ... continue

Introduction of the Board of Transplant Coordination to the Division of Transplantation, UEMS
A representative of the new Board of Transplant Coordination was invited to... continue

Dear ETCO Members
I am very proud to be writing to you and telling you about our NKMs and the work they have been doing to promote the field of transplantation. Did you see that 11 of our NKMs... continue

Greetings from your ETCO President!
After just three months as President we are starting to see the results of the silent work developed over the last two years.
I would like to highlight... continue

The examinations will be oral, initially offered in English only and be up to an hour long. They will be
adjudicated by an examination board selected by the Board of Transplant Coordination and... continue

Abstract submission is open until June 1, 2010.
Submit your abstracts on line at www.etco2010.org
The ETCO congress is an excellent opportunity to present your research... continue

23 September
9-18 Workshop 1 - Preservation Workshop
Practical Demonstrations in a wet lab with Organ Recovery Systems, Transmedics,... continue

Cooperation between ESICM and ETCO continues following the interesting session at the ESICM congress in Vienna October 2009 titled Coordination: The best link between intensive care medicine... continue

The newly formed Board of Transplant Coordination, part of the Division of Transplantation, Section of
Surgery of the UEMS had their first meeting in London at the conference centre of Hammersmith... continue

The NKMs of ETCO are committed to improving the knowledge base of its membership and to foster further education for their peers. At the end of 2009, a Job Description for the NKM was formalised and... continue

The Donor Network of Croatia (Hrvatska donorska mreza) is pleased to be organizing the 2011 European Organ Donation Congress, 23rd ETCO in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This Croatian organization promotes organ... continue

The website is regularly updated with news and events. Please inform us of any changes or corrections and send in links, bibliography, guidelines and events you think are relevant. Our aim is to provide... continue

Dear Members and Friends,
First of all let me thank the outgoing president, Francesco Procaccio, for his dedication and commitment to ETCO over the last two years. I think confidence in ETCO... continue

ETCO considers education a prerequisite to improving organ procurement and donation rates, and to achieve this goal we run a congress every year in Europe, as well as workshops and courses, in order... continue

The ETCO National Key Members committee, chaired by Tina Coco, has become a valuable resource for collecting and sharing data from Europe, Asia, Oceania and America, facilitating international standardization... continue

The Organ Donation Congress, 10th ISODP & 16th ETCO was held in Berlin from 4-7 October with excellent results and enthusiastic feedback:
Congress delegates, 703
abstracts admitted,... continue

As the ETCO News goes to print, ETCO will be participating in a Joint Session in the next ESICM Congress, to be held in Vienna on 11-14 October 2009.
This Session, chaired by ESICM President,... continue

The website for the Cardiff Congress is up, www.etco2010.org, so keep an eye on developments and postings.
We encourage you to visit the site and register for the newsletter. The newsletter will... continue

Certification of European Transplant Coordinators
1. Introduction
The Certification of European Transplant Coordinators, CETC, has been run for seven years by the European Transplant Coordinators... continue

3. Background of the CETC
The Certification Committee (CC) of the European Transplant Coordinators Organization, chaired by Dr Francesco Procaccio, outgoing ETCO president, formally started its... continue

6. The Programme in Further Detail
Eligibility
Candidates to sit the examination must fulfil the following criteria:
1. Have a license to practice as a health care professionalcontinue

Module 1: General Transplant Coordination
Subject Objective
Ability to understand the principal aspects related with donation and transplantation of organs and tissues:
Ability... continue

Module 2: Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) Coordination

Subject Objective:
Ability... continue

Module 4: Recipient Transplant Coordination

Subject Objective
Ability to post transplantation... continue

In the 2009 ETCO board elections, the following members were voted to the board:
Beatriz Dominguez-Gil, vice-president 2009-2011 and president 2011-2013; Andrew Broderick, former councillor General... continue

The NKMs met at the ETCO/ISODP conference in Berlin. There was much enthusiasm from the members as they discussed their plans for the future in establishing their roles and increasing the profile of... continue

A Change in prospective testing for HTLV-1/2 in the USA will occur due to the fact that one FDA-licensed test will run out of production on 31st December 2009. The Adhoc Disease Transmission Advisory... continue

The candidate city for the 2011 ETCO congress is Dubrovnik, Croatia. Information will be posted on the
web when dates and details are fixed.
The candidate city for the 2012 ETCO congress... continue

The website is regularly updated with news and events. Please tell us any changes or corrections and send in links, bibliography, guidelines and events you think are relevant. Our aim is to provide... continue