Today the National Kidney Registry announced that the Donor Care Network has reached a significant milestone with the addition of its 30th Donor Care Network (DCN) Center of Excellence. DCN Centers of Excellence are an elite group of transplant centers that meet a stringent set of best practices to ensure they offer the highest level …
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National Kidney Registry Launches New Website for Donor Care Network Centers
Today the National Kidney Registry announced the launch of a new website for the Donor Care Network at www.donorcarenet.org. The Donor Care Network (DCN) Centers of Excellence are an elite group of transplant centers that meet a stringent set of best practices to ensure they offer the highest level of care and support to living …
National Kidney Registry Expands Paid Leave Policy for Employees Who Become Living Donors
The National Kidney Registry is proud to announce that it has joined the growing list of organizations that have committed to having a paid leave policy for living organ donation. More than 100,000 people are waiting for a life-saving kidney or liver transplant, but just four in every 25,000 people donate an organ while living.
National Kidney Registry Launches FindAKidney.org Website to Help Kidney Patients Find a Living Kidney Donor
Today the National Kidney Registry announced the launch of the Find A Kidney website at www.findakidney.org. Approximately 100,000 people are waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant. Of the 18,000 people who receive a kidney transplant every year, just one-third receive a kidney from a living donor, which can last up to twice as long as …
National Kidney Registry Expands Donor Shield Travel and Lodging Reimbursement to $3,000 Max
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced today the expansion of its Donor Shield program, increasing the maximum allowable travel and lodging reimbursement from $2,000 to $3,000 per donor. The reimbursement covers travel and lodging expenses related to kidney donation for the donor and a caregiver. Any donor who donates on or after July 6, 2021, …
The National Kidney Registry Facilitates 5,000th Kidney Transplant
The National Kidney Registry announced the completion of its 5,000th paired exchange transplant, which took place yesterday at UCLA Medical Center. The UCLA recipient was a standard voucher holder whose donor facilitated an earlier chain of three transplants. The kidney came from a family voucher donor at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Dr. Jeff Veale, Professor and …
Guinness World Record Organization Distinguishes the National Kidney Registry for World’s Longest Kidney Transplant Chain
Guinness World Records officially recognized the National Kidney Registry (NKR) for the longest kidney transplant chain in the world. This massive chain was supported by the combined efforts of 25 transplant centers, it included 70 surgeries, facilitated 35 transplants and was featured on ABC News’s Nightline. Kathy Hart, a Good Samaritan donor, started Chain 357, …
NKR Introduces Failsafe
A kidney transplant is a life-saving operation, but to be successful it is crucial that the donated kidney is delivered to its destination safely and on schedule. The National Kidney Registry’s Failsafe software uses advanced GPS technology to monitor every shipped kidney from pickup until it is safely delivered at the recipient center.
Donor Shield Adds Important New 7th Donor Protection: Lost Wages, Travel & Lodging Costs Related to Complications are Now Reimbursed
Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the addition of an important new 7th Donor Shield protection. Donors can now be reimbursed for lost wages and travel/lodging costs for any donation-related complications as part of the Donor Shield program. The other six Donor Shield protections include lost wage reimbursement for donation, travel & lodging reimbursement …
COVID19 Antibody Launched: National Kidney Registry and Viracor Eurofins Announce Coronavirus Antibody Testing for Transplant Community
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) and Viracor Eurofins announced a partnership today to deliver newly released COVID-19 antibody testing for NKR’s vast network of Member Centers. NKR is the largest paired exchange program in the world and serves approximately 100 transplant programs throughout the United States. NKR has relied on Eurofins’ specialty transplantation laboratories, VRL …