Guidance on Deceased Donor Information Proposal
Addressing concerns and updating requested deceased donor information for kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas to assist in organ evaluation and offer decisions.
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Guidance on Requested Deceased Donor Information OPO Committee 1
What problem will the proposal solve? Change initiated during review of Policy 2: Deceased Donor Information Address concerns with eliminating Policy 2.12: Requested Deceased Donor Information Contains requested information for kidney, heart, and lung 2
What are the proposed solutions? Develop guidance document Include and update donor information previously located in Policy 2.12 Add new information for liver and pancreas 3
What are the proposed solutions? Kidney information removed wedge biopsy requirements and added recommendation for machine perfusion information Liver includes liver biopsy information and CT scan recommendation Heart updated information for additional testing and heart catheterization Lung Added indications for CT scan and recommendations for bronchoscopy and other tests Pancreas recommended images of organ 4
How will members implement this proposal? Voluntary guidance only OPOs and transplant hospitals could use this guidance to identify information to assist with the evaluation of organ offer 5
How will the OPTN implement this proposal? Board review date: June 2018 Post on the OPTN website No policy compliance requirements 6
Questions? Jennifer Prinz, RN, BSN, MPH, CPTC Committee Chair jprinz@donoralliance.org Robert Hunter Committee Liaison robert.hunter@unos.org 7
