There is a 1 in 300 chance of health care-induced injury that equates to thousands of premature deaths daily. Patient safety is a fundamental principle and important measures must be taken to prevent any adverse events. Adverse events may result from problems in practise, products, procedures or systems.

Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from a donor and transplants them into a recipient. Most donations occur after the donor has died but some can be donated while alive. Organs cannot be stored and must be used within hours of removing them from the donor's body.

Internal organs that you can donate include kidneys, liver, pancreas, heart, intestines and lungs. Transplantation is often used to treat end-stage kidney disease. Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney and pancreas transplantation.