Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Policy & Guidance

• OPTN Policy 14: Living donation (PDF - 2.5 M)
• Evaluation plan guidance (PDF - 91 K)
• Template tools to document ABO verification in the OR (5/2017)
• Recognizing seasonal and geographically endemic infections in living donors (11/2014)
• Collecting follow-up data from living donors (6/2014)
• Identifying risk factors for West Nile Virus in living donors (6/2013)
• Identifying risk factors for mycobacterium tuberculosis (11/2012)
• Procedures to collect post-donation follow-up data from living donors

View additional patient safety policy guidance

Information

• Journal article detailing strategies to improve access to living donor transplantation

Instruction

The following living donation instructional recordings are available.

• Informed consent and psychosocial and medical evaluation for living donors
• New living donor program requirements: standardizing patient care
• The living liver donor: new OPTN policy requirements for follow-up data reporting

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

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