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Proposal to Establish Minimum Requirement for Living Liver Donor Follow-up

Proposal to Establish Minimum Requirement for Living Liver Donor Follow-up. Living Donor Committee Fall 2013. The Problem. The OPTN relies on living donor follow-up (forms) to collect data on the short-term health status of living donors

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Proposal to Establish Minimum Requirement for Living Liver Donor Follow-up

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  1. Proposal to Establish Minimum Requirement for Living Liver Donor Follow-up Living Donor Committee Fall 2013

  2. The Problem • The OPTN relies on living donor follow-up (forms) to collect data on the short-term health status of living donors • Submission of living donor follow-up data is too incomplete to allow for meaningful analysis • New living kidney donor follow-up policy requirements are now in effect • We still need policy for living liver donor follow-up

  3. Goal of the Proposal • Improve short term follow-up reporting for living liver donors, leading to more information about the safety of living liver donation

  4. How the Proposal will Achieve its Goal Living liver recovery programs will be required to: • Report donor status and clinical information for at least 80% of their living liver donors • Report laboratory data for at least: • 75% of living liver donors on the 6-month follow-up form • 70% of living liver donors on the one-year follow-up form

  5. Additional Background • The proposed minimum reporting requirements are based on recommendations from a joint society work group • If approved, the policy will only apply to living liver donors who donate after the implementation date

  6. What Members will Need to Do • Living liver donor recovery hospitals will continue to report living donor follow-up at six months, 1 year, and 2 years from the date of donation   • Required fields will need to be completed for donor status, clinical information and laboratory data for the form to be considered complete and contribute to the required thresholds for follow-up

  7. Questions? • Christie Thomas, M.D., Committee Chairchristie-thomas@uiowa.edu • Region # Representativeemail address • Lee Bolton, Committee Liaisonlee.bolton@unos.org

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