Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Kidney

• Kidney allocation system (KAS) frequently asked questions
• Patient referral to kidney transplantation
• Kidney donor profile index (KDPI) guide for Clinicians

Kidney-Pancreas

• Kidney-pancreas allocation system frequently asked questions

Pancreas

• Pancreas allocation system introduction

Heart/Lung

• Adult heart status 1A(b) device-related complications (PDF - 170KB)
• Guidance to OPOs for allocation of heart-lung Bbocks

Living Donation

• Procedures to collect post-donation follow-up data from living donors
  
• Identifying Risk Factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) During Evaluation of Potential Living Kidney Donors
• Identifying risk factors for West Nile Virus during evaluations of potential living donors
• Recognizing seasonal and geographically endemic infections in organ donors; considerations during living donor evaluation

Disease Transmission

• Identifying risk factors for West Nile Virus during evaluations of potential living donors
• HTLV-1 screening and confirmation in potential donors and reporting potential HTLV-1 infection
• Recognizing Central Nervous System Infections in Potential Deceased Organ Donors
• PHS guideline for reducing HIV, HBV, and HCV through organ transplantation
• Recognizing seasonal and geographically endemic infections in organ donors; considerations during living donor evaluation
• Frequently Asked Questions 2013

VCA

• Guidance to OPOs For VCA deceased donor authorization (PDF - 202KB)

Other

• Guidance for ABO Subtyping Organ Donors For Blood Groups A and AB
• Guidance for Donor and Recipient Information Sharing
• Patient Information Letter
• Interpretation of HLA Typing Results and implications for the OPTN/UNOS HLA Matching Algorithm