Impacts of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on organ donation in the organ procurement organization of hospital de Clínicas at University of Campinas/SP

Introduction: Organ donation is a process with many stages that can make a potential donor into an effective one, having notification as the first step. Brazil is the country that has the biggest transplant public program in the world, however it still is insufficient, having a fee of 5,4 donors per million inhabitants/year. Disclosure, as well as clarification about the organ donation process is fundamental. In addition, the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic presented many expressive impacts in a lot of society sectors, mainly in medical school. Objectives: Evaluate the impact of Sars-Cov-2 pandemic period on the number of viable donor notifications, as well as effective donors frequency in the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) of Hospital de Clínicas at University of Campinas/SP. Methods: Observacional survey of notification numbers, potential and effective donors of OPO in Hospital de Clínicas at University of Campinas/SP (coverage of 127 cities in the state of São Paulo), among periods of 2017-2019 (Period A) and 2020-2022 (Period B). Data related to both periods will be compared. Results: It was observed that there was an increase of 20,7% of notifications number about potential donors during period B, which provided an increase of 17,7% of effective donors number. There was a discard of 16 viable donors after Sars-Cov-2 positive serology during period B, having as consequence a discard fee increase to 22,3%. It was identified that Sars-Cov-2 positive serology was responsible for 32,6% within the reasons for not making the donation. Conclusion: The datas reveal that there was an expressive increase in the viable donors notification as well as effective donors during the pandemic. However, Sars-Cov-2 positive serology negatively impacted the donation fee.

Keywords: Organ Donation, Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic, Organ Transplantation.

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