Version 1.1 of the Consensus Statement on Eligibility Criteria and Allocation Protocols (Consensus Statement) was launched by the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, the Hon Catherine King MP on 1 July 2011.

The Consensus Statement was developed by TSANZ through funding provided by the Organ and Tissue Authority as part of the implementation of the National Reform Agenda – A World's Best Practice Approach to Organ and Tissue Donation for Transplantation.

Version 1.2 of the Consensus Statement, as endorsed by the TSANZ Council and the Authority's SMD/JWG Committee was released on Wednesday 16 May 2012 and includes the following key amendments:

A: Urgent Heart Listing

• The removal of a restriction on the number that can be listed in a 12-month period.
• A revision of the protocol to cover the circumstances where there are simultaneously listed urgent patients.

B: Lung Organ Donor Criteria

• Donor age raised from 5-65 years to 5-70 years.

C. Response Time for Kidneys on Offer

• A uniform 60 minutes cut-off time set for a unit to accept or decline a kidney offer from a donor after brain or cardiac death.

Read Version 1.2 of the Consensus Statement (941KB PDF)

Read Version 1.1 of the Consensus Statement (928KB PDF)  (for reference)