The Waitlist Navigator Tool: patient journey on the kidney transplant waiting list

For transplant physicians and nephrologists with their patient and carers.

What are the likely outcomes for an individual on the transplant waiting list?

 

Calculates expected outcomes after being waitlisted for a kidney transplant, based on patient characteristics: age, sex, country/state/territory, ethnicity, blood group, prior suspensions, cause of kidney failure, comorbidities and time on dialysis prior to waitlisting.

Medical Suitability and Donor Risk Tool

For Organ and Tissue Donation Staff (OTDS) and medical suitability teams.

What are the risks of proceeding with this donor?

Estimates transplant (graft) surival based on donor characteristics only.

User Testing the Medical Suitability and Donor Risk Tool

We evaluated whether the Medical Suitability and Donor Risk tool reduced decisional conflict in assessing kidney suitability from potential deceased donors and assessed its usability, including collecting unstructured feedback on its usefulness.

Paired Offer Tool

For transplant teams and treating nephrologists

What are the risks of this donor for my patient? 

If I decline this offer how long will my patient wait for a better offer?

 

This tool calculates expected outcomes under two scenarios:

 1) Accept a current offer of a kidney from a deceased donor with transmission risk

2) Decline the offer and continue waiting