Currently recognised transplant units
Clinical islet separation facilities
Clinical islet transplantation and infusion units
Research islet separation facilities
Intestinal transplantation units
Vascularised composite allograft units

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.

NSW Westmead Islet Laboratory

VIC St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research

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

NSW Australian National Pancreas Transplant Unit, Westmead Hospital

SA The Royal Adelaide Hospital

VIC St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne

NZ New Zealand National Pancreas Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital

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

NSW Westmead Islet Laboratory

SA The Royal Adelaide Hospital

VIC St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research

Intestinal transplantation units

VIC The Austin and the Royal Children’s Hospital

Vascularised composite allograft units

VIC St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne