Blood tests, urine tests, nursing assessment.
PHASE
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Complete the self-directed education session.
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Sign consents.
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Complete the Medical, Social & Travel Questionnaire (MST).
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Blood and urine tests x 2.
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Nursing assessment: blood pressure, height, weight, medications and allergies.
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Crossmatch testing at the Ottawa Hospital Tissue Typing Lab.
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Cancer screening.*
*Required for donors over 50 years of age and donors with a family history of certain cancers
Tissue Typing at The Ottawa Hospital
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During Phase 1 Evaluations the transplant lab at The Ottawa Hospital needs blood samples from both you and your recipient.
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The donor and recipient blood is mixed (crossmatch test) to ensure the recipient blood does not react to your blood (no recipient antibodies against the donor blood).
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Recipient antibodies can change over time and another crossmatch will be done before the surgery.
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Cross match testing must be done at The Ottawa Hospital.
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A pre-booked appointment will be arranged by your nurse.
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This is a simple blood test for the donor.
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Results take up to two weeks and will confirm if you are a good match with your recipient.
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Please note this testing is different than blood type (ABO).
If you are NOT a match to your recipient there is an alternative option for living kidney donation:
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Participation in the Kidney Paired Donation Program (KPD).
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You will still need to complete all phases of the evaluation process to participate in KPD.
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You and your recipient will be entered in KPD together.
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Non-directed anonymous donor (NDAD) may participate in KPD.
​At the end of Phase 1 testing the Living Kidney Donor Team will let you know:
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If you can proceed to Phase 2 evaluations.
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If more testing is required before proceeding to Phase 2 evaluations.
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If you are not a living kidney donor candidate at this time based on test results from Phase 1 evaluations.