Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

News

• Kidney and Pancreas Distribution Modeling: Analysis at a Glance (8/2019)
• SRTR modeling available for kidney and pancreas distribution (6/2019)
• Webinars discuss revisions to kidney and pancreas allocation policies (6/2019)

Allocation Calculators

• CPRA Calculator (calculated panel reactive antibody)
  Used to evaluate candidates for kidney, pancreas and k/p transplants
• EPTS Calculator (estimated post transplant score)
  Assigned to all adult candidates on the kidney waiting list
• KDPI Calculator (kidney donor profile index)
  Summarizes the risk of graft (organ) failure after kidney transplant

Policy & Guidance

Kidney

• KAS two-year analysis (7/2017)
• Equity in access report update (8/2017)
• Equity in access report - original (11/2016)
• OPTN Policy 8: Allocation of kidneys (PDF - 2.5 M)
• OPTN Evaluation Plan: Policy 8 (PDF - 709 K)
• Kidney Transplantation Committee documents
• Guidance: Procedures to mark kidney laterality (1/2015)
• Collaborative innovation and improvement network

Pancreas

• OPTN Policy 11: Pancreas, kidney-pancreas and islets (PDF - 2.5 M)
• Evaluation Plan, Policy 11 (PDF - 709 KB)
• Pancreas Transplantation Committee documents
• Charges for pancreata recovered for islet transplantation (1/2007)

Patient Education

Visit the OPTN Organ DataSource for organ-specific data and statistics at U.S. transplant hospitals.