Living donation

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

Follow the Living Donation Playlist on the OPTN Learning Management System known as UNOS Connect, for professional education on living donation.

The playlist contains courses on:

• Organ-specific evaluation and exclusion criteria
• Informed consent requirements
• Evaluation of the living donor and more

UNet^SM user steps for login:

1. Navigate to Unet by visiting https://portal.unos.org (Unet user step-by-step instructions)
2. Log in with your Secure Enterprise ID and password
3. Click on "Resources"
4. Click on "UNOS Connect"

Public access steps for login:

1. Access UNOS Connect by visiting https://unosconnect.unos.org (public access step-by-step instructions)
2. Existing users—log in at the top right of the screen
3. New users—register a new account and accept the End User License Agreement