Nine RWJBarnabas health facilities were nationally recognized for their efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations statewide through the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign.

WPFL is a national initiative that connects the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Health Resource Services, and the organ donation community with workplaces across the country to spread the word about the importance of organ donation.

The WPFL Hospital Organ Donation Campaign helps hospitals by educating staff, patients, visitors and communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donation, including providing the opportunity to register as an organ donor. and medical institutions to “let life bloom”.

Clara Mars Medical Center, Community Medical Center, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Trinitas Regional Medical Center receive platinum certification from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton is accredited. By conducting awareness and registration activities between October 2021 and April 2022, encouraging new donor registrations, and continuing to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many challenges have been addressed. , has been awarded Gold certification by HRSA.

The RWJBarnabas health facility is one of 1,333 organizations participating in the 2022 campaign.

Mark Mannigan, President of RWJBarnabas Health said: “Our Transplant and Procurement Program team understands that continuing to enroll new organ donors is essential to helping the more than 100,000 people waiting for transplants.”

Focused on heart, lung, kidney and pancreas transplants, the RWJBarnabas Health team utilizes transplant technology offered in just a few of the world’s leading transplant centers, and the system is used in transplant research, clinical trials, A world-class leader in anti-rejection drugs. Many other clinical advances that support patient care.

The 2022 WPFL Hospital Organ Donation Campaign effort added 50,850 registrations to the state registry, including registrations from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since its launch in 2011, the campaign has generated 630,000 registrations, connecting representatives of local organ procurement organizations, Donate Life America affiliates, state and local hospital associations, and hospital donation advocates.