ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION

HOW TO BECOME A DONOR:

• Declare your wish on your driver’s license or photo ID card for people who do not have a driver’s license.
• Join the donor registry in your state. Connecticut residents can obtain a donor card by contacting LifeChoice Donor Services (serving Hartford, Litchfield, Windham, Tolland, New London, and Middlesex counties) or New England Organ Bank (serving New Haven and Fairfield counties).
• Include donation in your advance directives, will, and living will
• Tell your family. They can be your advocate should you become a donor candidate.
• Tell your physician, faith leader, and friends.

For more information about organ and tissue donation go to:

• LifeChoice Donor Services: http://www.lifechoiceopo.org/
• New England Organ Bank: http://www.neob.org/
• Conn. Dept. of Motor Vehicles: http://www.ct.gov/dmv
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services – Organ and Tissue Donation: http://www.organdonor.gov/
• Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organdonation.html

TO FIND PROVIDERS IN CONNECTICUT’S COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE:
Search by service names:
Organ and Tissue Banks
Organ Donor Cards/Registries

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SOURCES: Conn. Dept. of Motor Vehicles and LifeChoice Donor Services
PREPARED BY: 211CT/lb
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: October2007