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
- KPD Quarterly Newsletter – Oct. 2020
- KPD Quarterly Newsletter – April 2020
- KPD Quarterly Newsletter – Jan. 2020
- KPD Quarterly Newsletter – Oct. 2019
- OPTN policy 13 (KPD)
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
New OPTN policies to align with updated U.S. Public Health Service Guideline
OPTN policy, and related programming, will soon align with 2020 U.S. Public Health Service Guideline for assessing solid organ donors and monitoring transplant recipients for HIV, HBV, and HCV.
Improving DonorNet Mobile together
A new DonorNet Mobile will be available to the transplant hospital community in early 2021.
National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence 2021
Nominees are volunteers— often donor parents, recipients, living donors or donor family members— who have gone “above and beyond” in promoting organ donation and transplantation with little public recognition.