The Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange (ANZKX) program matches incompatible kidney donors and recipient pairs with other incompatible pairs across Australia and New Zealand.
The program finds matches for people:
- who are eligible for a kidney transplant
- who have a living donor who is willing to donate
- whose living donor is unable to donate to their loved one because their blood or tissue type is not compatible
- whose living donor meets the criteria for kidney donation.
The ANZKX clinical team uses a purpose-built computer system to review registered donors and recipients and identify compatible matches. If a compatible match is identified then two or more simultaneous transplants can occur by exchanging donors.
Find out more about the ANZKX program.
