Candidate Registration, Modifications And Removal

Question 1

Which categories of members can access the match system? (3 categories)

Answer 1

1. Transplant hospitals
2. Organ procurement organizations (OPOs)
3. Histocompatibility labs

Question 2

Match system access can be granted to non-members when the non-member is assisting in facilitating organ transplant, placing organs for purposes other than transplant, or reporting data to the OPTN. In this case, the member must establish a data use agreement (DUA) with the non-member party. A DUA entails the following 8 elements:

Answer 2

1. Data confidentiality and security requirements
2. Data rights.
3. Access to patient identified data
4. Data use
5. Procedures for securing data confidentiality
6. Storage or disposal of data upon completion of contracted task
7. Procedures to protect patient identified data in the event of a data breach, inadvertent or otherwise
8. Remedies in the event of a violation of the DUA

Question 3

How much is the registration fee for a transplant candidate?

Answer 3

$868

Question 4

Certain candidates can accrue waiting time while inactive, depending on which organ they’re registered for. Which organs allow a candidate to accrue unlimited time while classified as inactive?

Answer 4

Kidney, kidney-pancreas, pancreas, and pancreas islet (also lungs IF the lung recipient is under 12 years old)

Question 5

Certain candidates can accrue waiting time while inactive, depending on which organ they’re registered for. Which organs will NOT accrue any waiting time while the candidate status is inactive?

Answer 5

Heart and liver (also lungs IF the lung recipient is over 12 years old)

Question 6

Immediate and permanent non-function of a transplanted kidney is defined as either:

Answer 6

1. Kidney graft removal within the first 90 days of transplant documented by an operative report of the removal of the transplanted kidney
2. Kidney graft failure within the first 90 days of transplant with documentation that the candidate is either on dialysis or has a GFR or measured or estimated Creatinine clearance less than or equal to 20 ml/min

Question 7

How many days before a transplanted kidney can be determined non-functional?

Answer 7

90 days

Question 8

How many days before a transplanted pancreas can be determined non-functional?

Answer 8

14 days

Question 9

How many days before a transplanted intestine can be determined non-functional

Answer 9

7 days