The 22nd Annual TUSC Staff Development Conference will take place on May 24, 2016. Each year, the committee partners with an organization in order to promote service within our TU community. This year, Towson University has partnered with The Living Legacy Foundation in order to bring awareness to organ and tissue donation.
The Living Legacy Foundation works closely with hospital partners throughout Maryland to implement best practices established by the Health and Human Services Organ Donation Transplant Collaborative to improve the donation rate in the United States. These best practices include identifying physician/clinical champions, establishing clinical triggers, holding donation team huddles and identifying and utilizing effective requesters in every case. Since 2005, with the implementation of best practices, LLF has seen a 20 percent increase in organ donors and more than a 30 percent increase in the number of organs transplanted.
Through these proven best practices, physicians, nurses and medical care team members, along with Living Legacy staff, work together to increase the number of lives saved through organ donation.
In order to get ready for our conference, Living Legacy Representatives will be on campus once a month in order to provide information and get the campus engaged. We encourage you to stop by the table in order to learn more about the organization, the events each month, as well as the culminating Donate Life Family Run in the fall!
The kickoff event details are listed below! See you there!
“Show Us Your Heart!”
February 12th, 11am – 3pm
2nd Floor Student Union building
Information booth about the importance of organ and tissue donation.
