The role of procurement coordinator in Japan

The donor transplant coordinator system of our country started in about 1985. However, they were hospital dependent. The Japan organ transplant network (JOTNW) of independent establishments was established in 1995. As a result, The transplant coordinator divided into JOTNW and those who recommended the prefecture. However, the qualification of mediator is the same. Most of the donor in our country is non-heart beating kidney transplant donor. Therefore, the donor transplant coordinator in our country also has treated mainly the non-heart beating donor cases. However, the organ donation in the brain death became possible by enforcing the Organ Transplant Law in October, 1997. Then, it explains coordinator's role in the organ donation in the brain death of our country with a lot of restrictions compared with another country this time.