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Mission Statement

The Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of Eastern Virginia Inc. is a non-profit transplant agency which provides people the opportunity to donate eye tissues, health care professionals the means to end blindness and patients the hope of clearly seeing form, color, and motion.

The Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of Eastern Virginia

• Maintains public confidence by acting with dignity, honesty, and accountability;
• Maintains strict quality control to assure safe and efficient use of donor eye tissue;
• Retains eye bank personnel who are properly trained and committed to the benefits of donation, and contribute to the overall success of the operation;
• Fosters the altruistic nature of donation through professional and community education;
• Provides health care professionals locally and internationally the highest level of service;
• Encourages nurses and physicians to remain aware and enthusiastic about their role in the donation process;
• Participates in research through tissue placement for research purposes and use of staff and financial resources to support research project

 

LMEB staff is dedicated to the eye bank’s mission of sight restoration and aiding grieving families. The task of discussing donation with those who have just lost a loved one is difficult, but it’s a responsibility that we take to heart as advocates for donors and their families.

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