Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Kidney

• Increase non A1 and non A1B kidneys for type B candidates
  (PDF - 317 K; 12/2017)
• Patient referral to kidney transplantation (9/2015)
• Kidney donor profile index (KDPI) guide for clinicians

Pancreas

• Benefits of pancreas after kidney transplantation
  (PDF - 505 K; 12/2017)
• Pancreas allocation system introduction

Heart/Lung

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

Liver

• Liver review board guidance

Living Donation

• Procedures to collect post-donation follow-up data from living donors
• Recognizing seasonal and geographically endemic infections in living donors (11/2014)
• Identifying risk factors for West Nile Virus in living donors (6/2013)
• Identifying risk factors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in living kidney donors (11/2012)

Patient safety

• ABO sub-typing of blood-type A and B organ donors (PDF - 502 K; 6/2018)
• PHS increased risk donor organs (6/2017)
• Identifying risk factors for West Nile Virus in living donors (6/2013)
• HTLV-1 screening and reporting (2/2014)
• Recognizing central nervous system infections (2/2014)
• PHS guideline for reducing HIV, HBV, and HCV (12/2013)
• Recognizing seasonal and geographically endemic infections in living donors (11/2014)

VCA

• Optimizing VCA recovery from deceased donors (PDF - 492 K; 6/2018)
• VCA deceased donor authorization (PDF - 202K)

Other

• Guidance on requested deceased donor information (PDF - 197 K; 6/2018)
• Histocompatibility lab policy and bylaws guidance (6/2017)

• ABO subtyping organ donors for blood groups A and AB (6/2011)

• Donor and recipient information sharing (1/2011)
• Patient information letter
• HLA typing results & matching algorithm (1/2003)