Living donation toolkits
More than 110,000 people are waiting for transplants, but the demand for organs far exceeds the supply. Living donation offers another choice for transplant candidates, and it extends the supply of organs.
Find educational resources, tools and news about living donation below:
Resources
Living donation
Kidney paired donation toolkits
Toolkit 1: Join us
Toolkit 2: KPD policy and resources
Histocompatibility testing
Financial resources
KPD e-manual
- I just joined KPD. Now what?
- Consenting and enrolling pairs & non-directed donors
- Donor & candidate informed consent reference document
- Donor pre-screen questions and answers
- Donor medical record upload checklist
- Match offer process: I have an offer. Now what?
- How matching works
- Permissions & communication methods
- Strategies to improve match offer opportunities
- Match run for KPD donors to Waitlist
- Kidney transportation options
IN THE NEWS
OPTN board adopts new policy to improve kidney, pancreas distribution
The new policy establishes new distribution areas based on the donor location and is projected to increase equity in transplant access for candidates regardless of where they live or list for a transplant.
Public comment sought; Liver access for urgent candidates in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
The OPTN Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee seeks public comment beginning December 5, 2019, on a proposed variance to liver allocation policy.
DonorNet®: making the system more efficient
DonorNet® enhancements have created transparency in communication and efficiency in the process by limiting organ offer acceptance to two per candidate per organ type. An eLearning module, Limit Organ Offer Acceptances by Organ Type, illustrates how OPOs use the 2018 system enhancements to manage organ offer acceptances.