Rapid Fire
NOTTO Initiatives
- 19 Oct 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) issued key initiatives regarding cornea and tissue transplants.
- Centralised Database: NOTTO is developing a centralised database for patients awaiting cornea and other tissue transplants.
- Mandatory Linking: All organ transplant, retrieval centres, cornea transplant centres, and tissue banks must link their data to NOTTO's national registry.
- Eye Banks Performance: Eye banks are expected to collect a minimum of 50 eyes or 100 corneas per year.
- Under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (THOTA), eye banks must collect at least 500 corneas over five years to maintain their certification.
- Presumed Consent for Cornea Donation: NOTTO is considering an opt-out model for cornea donation, where hospital deaths are presumed cornea donors unless the individual has explicitly opted out.
- NOTTO is the apex organisation set up under the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to monitor organ and tissue transplant services.
Read More: NOTTO Annual Report 2023-24
