OPTN/UNOS: Update Kidney Paired Donation Policy

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https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/policies-bylaws/public-comment/update-kidney-paired-donation-policy/


[/size]OPTN/UNOS: Update Kidney Paired Donation Policy


[/size]Background


[/size]Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) is a process that matches one medically incompatible living donor-candidate pair with another, so the donor in each pair is medically compatible with the candidate in the other pair. By exchanging living donors, each candidate can receive a compatible transplant. The OPTN’s Kidney Paired Donation Pilot Program (KPDPP) is a national KPD program that is governed by OPTN Policy 13: Kidney Paired Donation. Some of the requirement in OPTN Policy 13 apply to all KPD programs, not just the OPTN KPDPP program.


[/size]The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee proposes a series of minor changes to OPTN KPD policy to make it more clear and improve efficiency of the OPTN KPDPP program. It also includes proposed changes to informed consent that would apply to all KPD programs.
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