Appendix H
Transplant Units - Australia and New Zealand
Currently recognised transplant units
*Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant unit – defined as a clinical service of a state public hospital that actually performs the relevant transplant procedure.
# Transplants are performed at Auckland City Hospital, but patients are transferred to Starship for post-operative care.# No reference text available.×
Clinical islet separation facilities
A clinical islet separation facility is defined as a clinical facility of a state public hospital that actually separates islets from human pancreata under a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)-approved protocol and has the required regulatory approval/licensing.
Clinical islet transplantation and infusion units
A clinical islet transplant unit is defined as a clinical service of a state public hospital that actually performs the relevant transplant procedure under HREC-approved protocols
Research islet separation facilities
A research islet facility is defined as a state public hospital or research institute that actually separates islets from human pancreata for research under a HREC-approved protocol with whatever regulatory approval/licensing is required
Intestinal transplantation units
VIC The Austin
Vascularised composite allograft units
VIC St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne