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