1 Center for Transplant Outcomes and Quality Improvement, The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. 2 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3 New England Organ Bank, Waltham, MA. 4 Address correspondence to: James R. Rodrigue, Ph.D., The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis Street, 7th Floor, Boston, MA.
Transplantation. 2014 Nov 27;98(10):1025-8. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000424.
Motor vehicle (MV) clerks are at the epicenter of organ donor registration. We show that MV clerks (n = 225) in two northeastern states have knowledge gaps and negative beliefs about organ donation. A majority believe it may be possible to buy organs on the black market (81%) and that recovery from brain death is possible (65%), whereas nearly half believe that doctors might not work as hard to save the life of a registered donor (46%). Organ procurement organizations should conduct formal educational programming with MV staff, considering their prominent role in the donor registration process.
机动车（MV）登记员处于器官捐献登记的核心位置。我们发现，两个东北部州的 MV 登记员（n = 225）存在器官捐献知识缺口和消极观念。大多数人认为黑市上可能存在买卖器官的情况（81%），脑死亡患者有可能复苏（65%），而近一半的人认为医生可能不会尽力挽救注册捐献者的生命（46%）。鉴于 MV 登记员在器官捐献登记过程中发挥着重要作用，器官获取组织应当对他们进行正式的教育项目。
