Kidney Transplant Waiting List. The average time a person spends on the waiting list for a kidney transplant is 2 and a half to 3 years although it can be shorter or longer than this. Active kidney waiting list at year end by year by country chart.
Unos united network for organ sharing finds matches between people on the waitlist and donated kidneys. Each transplant center has its own criteria that potential recipients must satisfy in order to get on the waitlist. Cath checking clients chart during transplant workup or transplant waiting list to find a suitable kidney many considerations need to be taken into account.
With the need for donor kidneys rising 8 each year per the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases and 9 000 americans dropping off the donor waiting list yearly due to.
Each transplant center has its own criteria that potential recipients must satisfy in order to get on the waitlist. If you are on dialysis do not miss your dialysis sessions. We will try to match a kidney for you from the donor pool that is the best tissue match see subsequent chapters from a compatible blood group and from a donor of similar age and weight. Unos ensures that deceased donor organs are distributed fairly using a transparent system.