Nurse's Continuing Education

As Joy and I travel the southern part of our great state, we witness the amazing strength, dedication and service that the nurses, physicians and hospital staff members are exhibiting on a daily basis.

We are committed to educating nurses, physicians and hospital staff, so they can better understand what Southern Eye Bank does and answer questions potential donor families may have.

Formal in-services may be scheduled at any time. To schedule an in-service, please contact Joy Fragola or Colleen Oltmann via email or call our New Orleans office at 504-891-3937 or Lafayette office at 1-337-781-8302.

Southern Eye Bank is not a LSNA CE provider at this time. When accredidation is authorized, a letter will be sent out to our institutions regarding our provider status. IF YOUR INSTITUTION OFFERS CE CREDITS, our development department will gladly in-service your team via your accredidiation status. An outline, time-management table and C.V. of our staff will be available for you to submitt to the LSNA.

    STEPS TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL EYE  

                    DONATION PROCESS

* CALL IN EVERY DEATH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

* GET CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS FOR EXITING FAMILY MEMBERS

* DONOR MANAGEMENT

* KEEP PATIENT FILE ON UNIT

* FUNERAL HOME TO BE NOTIFIED THAT DECEASED IS A POTENTIAL EYE DONOR

 PATIENT EVALUATION AND CANDIDACY

Each Eye Bank screens and evaluates potential donors according to their guidelines. SEB recovers donors from the ages of 1 year to 75 years. The upper age limit may shift from time to time. Screening donors is performed to protect the recipient from a hazardous situation.

A few absolute contraindications are listed below. For a full listing, please contact our staff. Regardless of these diseases, ALL DEATHS MUST BE CALLED IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

              Active viral hepatitis

              AIDS or HIV

              Active viral encephalitis of unknown origin

              Corneal disease unless for specific research purposes

              Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease

              Intrinsic eye disease

              Rabies

              Septicemia

After the patient has been deemed suitable or non-suitable, the technician is ready to call the referring institution back.