Aspirus Wausau Hospital Receives Excellence in Tissue Donation Award and Family Care Award

Saturday, May 21st, 2022 -- 10:01 AM

Aspirus Wausau Hospital was recognized by the University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation for its ongoing commitment to saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

AWH received the Excellence in Tissue Donation Award and the Family Care Award. The Family Care Award recognizes the comprehensive work of one hospital each year that exemplifies the highest standards of family support during an organ donation case.

To be eligible for the award, a hospital must demonstrate consistent innovative family support practices, and have at least one outstanding case example of those practices in action from the previous calendar year.

The Excellence in Tissue Donation award is given to Versiti partner hospitals who achieve at least a 60 percent consent rate.  This metric measures the collaborative work between the hospital staff and tissue bank in coordinating communication around tissue consent conversations.

Nineteen hospitals are being honored by University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation for their ongoing commitment to saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

Aspirus encourages everyone to give hope and help save lives by registering your decision to be an organ, eye, and tissue donor at organdonor.gov, in the Medical ID tab of your iPhone Health app, or at the Wisconsin DMV.

To those who have already registered their donation decision, thank you. You can also help save lives by sharing the Donate Life message and educate others about the need and how their generosity can help save and heal lives.

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.