Release Date: 08/10/2012

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Resources are available for OPO and transplant center staff who would like to encourage information-sharing between transplant recipients and donor families/living donors.

In 2011, a task force made up of members from several organizations, including the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS); OPTN/UNOS committees; the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); and transplant associations AOPO (Association of Organ Procurement organizations); NKF (National Kidney Foundation); and NATCO, the Organization for Transplant Professionals, met to develop recommendations about sharing donor/recipient information.

They created a guidance document; and several organizations contributed to a toolkit of resources, which includes sample brochures, letters, policies and forms to help organizations manage and encourage donor and recipient information-sharing.