Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Kidney paired donation is an option for kidney transplant candidates who have a willing but incompatible donor. Here you can find resources for transplant professionals and patients.

Instruction

UNOS Connect is your resource for educational webinars for transplant professionals. Sign in to register for upcoming events and to access webinar recordings.

The following KPD webinar recordings are available.

• Introduction to kidney paired donation
• Introduction to OPTN policy 13: kidney paired donation
• Navigating the logistics of kidney paired donation
• OPTN/UNOS kidney paired donation pilot program (KPDPP) town hall
• Histocompatibility testing:
  • HST 100
  • SYS 102

Toolkits

toolkit 1: joining the kpdpp

Learn more

• KPD features and benefits (Video - 8:45; 12/2016)

Join us

• How to join the OPTN KPDPP (PDF - 45 K; 12/2016)[Exit disclaimer]

• Hospitals: participation agreement (PDF - 49 K; 1/2017)[Exit disclaimer]

• List of participating transplant hospitals (PDF - 106 K; 1/2018)[Exit disclaimer]

toolkit 2: policies, guidelines & resources

Policies & guidelines

• OPTN policy 13 - KPD (PDF - 2.5 M)

• Operational guidelines, (PDF - 109 K; 1/2016)

• Informed consent reference, (PDF - 46 KB; 12/2015)

• KPD tip of the month [Exit disclaimer]

Financial resources

• Financial recommendations and checklist (12/2016)

Match offer resources

• KPD e-manual: Consent and enrolling pairs (PDF - 67 K; 1/2017) [Exit disclaimer]

• KPD e-manual: Match offer process (PDF - 268 K; 7/2017) [Exit disclaimer]

• KPD e-manual: How matching works (PDF - 394 K; 1/2018) [Exit disclaimer]

• KPD e-manual: Permissions & communication methods (PDF - 85 K; 1/2018) [Exit disclaimer]

• Match run strategies (PDF - 56 K; 11/2014)[Exit disclaimer]

• Match run options (PDF - 25 K; 10/2013)[Exit disclaimer]

• KPD transportation options (PDF - 120 K)[Exit disclaimer]

toolkit 3: Patient Resources

• KPD patient information (PDF - 5,253 K)[Exit disclaimer]

• Patient brochure and videos[Exit disclaimer]

• More patient resources

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