| In the United States 66,995 people are currently waiting for a kidney donation. |
| The national waiting list is increasing at a rate of 144 new names daily. |
| Approximately 9% of people waiting for kidneys die every year.* |
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| Our Mission: Our mission is to increase live kidney donations and get people off the national transplant waiting-list and back to their normal lives. |
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| How It Works: Kidney Swap allows patients who need a kidney to take |
| a proactive approach to find a suitable donor. Often those waiting for a |
| kidney transplant have friends or family who are willing and able to make a |
| kidney donation, but have tissue or blood characteristics that are |
| incompatible and would cause the transplant to be unsuccessful. For |
| instance, a person may need a donor with Type A blood and have a |
| potential donor who has Type B blood. Kidney Swap allows people with |
| healthy, willing, yet incompatible donors to meet others who are in the |
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same dilemma and essentially swap kidneys. See chart below:
| Blood Type Compatibility |
| Blood type |
Can receive from: |
Can donate to: |
| O |
O |
O,A,B,AB |
| A |
A,O |
A,AB |
| B |
B,O |
B,AB |
| AB |
O,A,B,AB |
AB | |
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| Kidney Swap also allows members access to support from peers who |
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have experienced or are experiencing similar issues with kidney failure. |
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New!!! Visit our Misc. Donor Post page to meet people looking to donate tissue or organs.
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* Derived from information provided by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of June 9, 2006. Subject to change.
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