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Kidney Donation - Living (including Directed and Non-Directed Donation)

Kidney Donation - Living (including Directed and Non-Directed Donation)

Doc type: Policy Directive
Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory.

Doc No.: PD2009_013

Functional Group - Sub Group:
Clinical/ Patient Services - Human Tissue
Clinical/ Patient Services - Medical Treatment
Clinical/ Patient Services - Surgical

Summary
This Policy Directive applies to all public health organisations and sets out standards and conditions for donation of a single kidney by an adult living person for transplantation into another person. The most recent review of this policy removes an upper age limit on both directed and non-directed donors. The 2008 review specified the prohibition of directed deceased donation and conditional donation in NSW while clarifying the position on proceeding to transplant in the circumstance where an adult donor dies in the process of directed living kidney donation.

Date of Publication: 26 March 2009

Replaces:

Kidney Donation - Living (including Directed and Non-Directed Donation) [PD2008_062]

Author Branch: Health Research and Ethics

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared, Divisions of General Practice, Public Hospitals

Audience: All clinical and medical staff involved in transplants

Distributed to: Public Health System, Divisions of General Practice, Government Medical Officers, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Public Health Units, Public Hospitals, Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres , Tertiary Education Institutes

Review Date: 26 March 2014

File No: 03/9129-3

Status: Active

File link: Kidney Donation - Living (including Directed and Non-Directed Donation)
File size: 66Kb