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U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
Recommendations 47 - 49
The Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) met
on November 5-6, 2007, in Rockville, MD, and unanimously agreed
on the following three recommendations:
Recommendation 47: ACOT recommends that
the Secretary facilitate cooperation with international organizations
and/or foreign governments to identify and address risks of
exploitation to, and risks to the health of, unrelated living
donors to United States recipients.
The processes could include, without limitation, data collection
by the OPTN and/or CMS on matters such as where the transplant
occurred, type of transplant, information about the donor,
and basic post-transplant health condition information.
Recommendation 48: ACOT recommends that
the Secretary facilitate cooperation with international organizations
and/or foreign governments to identify and address risks of
exploitation to, and risks to the health of, unrelated living
donors to United States recipients.
Recommendation 49: ACOT recommends that
the Secretary take actions to ensure that data on the general
health status of living donors are collected on a nationwide
basis by a centralized entity. The ACOT recommends that such
data be collected, at a minimum, on an annual basis for a
period of 10 years post-donation. The ACOT further recommends
that the transplant program that performed a donor’s transplant
be principally responsible for the data submissions or ensure
that another institution providing ongoing medical care to,
or follow up on, the donor collect and submit such data.
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