Kidney Paired Donation Agreement Sample Contracts
THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK (OPTN) KIDNEY PAIRED DONATION (KPD) PILOT PROGRAM AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATEKidney Paired Donation Agreement • November 4th, 2020
KPD is a transplant option for those waiting for a kidney transplant. It is for patients who have a willing living donor who is incompatible (a poor match). Reasons for incompatibility could be an incompatible blood type or incompatible tissue type as identified by a positive crossmatch. KPD results when one donor (Donor #1) is willing to donate to a spouse, friend or relative (Recipient #1), but cannot. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) KPD Pilot Program (discussed below) helps find another incompatible pair (Donor #2 and Recipient #2) who might wish to exchange donors. If Donor #1 is compatible with Recipient #2, and Donor #2 is compatible with Recipient #1, two transplants can be pursued. Sometimes, more than two compatible pairs can be matched to each other. This results in more than two life-saving transplants.