The Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange (ANZKX) Program User Manual contains clinical and administrative information on the practices of the ANZKX Program.

The below protocols and forms replace all previous Australian Kidney Exchange (AKX) Program documents.

It is the responsibility of all users to ensure the current version is in use.

Contact details for the ANZKX Program are as follows:

ANZKX Australian Contacts:

ANZKX Program Clinical Director:
Associate Professor Peter Hughes
Phone: 03 9342 7058
Email: peter.hughes@mh.org.au

ANZKX Program Coordinator:
Emma Vanhardeveld 
Phone: 03 9342 7058
Email: emma.vanhardeveld@mh.org.au

Department of Nephrology
Royal Melbourne Hospital
300 Grattan Street
PARKVILLE VIC 3050

ANZKX New Zealand Contacts:

Dr Ian Dittmer 
Transplant physician, Auckland District Health Board 
Phone: (64) 09 3074949 extn 22955

New Zealand Kidney Exchange Coordinator 
Jo Burton 
Phone: (64) 0800 717 777
Email: job@adhb.govt.nz

Renal Transplant 
Level 15 
Support Building 
Auckland City Hospital 
New Zealand 

ANZKX Information 

• ANZKX Information for Donors and Recipients September 2019 (220KB PDF)
• ANZKX Frequently Asked Questions August 2019 (334KB PDF)

ANZKX Protocols

• Protocol 1 ANZKX National Protocol August 2019 (659KB PDF)
• Protocol 2 Process of the ANZKX Program August 2019 (420KB PDF)
• Protocol 3 Living donor Evaluation Guidelines August 2019 (550KB PDF)
• Protocol 4 ANZKX Tissue Typing Laboratory Guidelines August 2019 (453KB PDF)
• Protocol 5 Agreement to Participate & Ministerial Approval Process August 2019 (341KB PDF)
• Protocol 6 Guidelines for Packaging and Transport November 2019 (1.38MB PDF)
• Protocol 7 Donor Nucleic Acid Testing August 2019 (340KB PDF)
• Protocol 8 Recommended Donor CTA Protocol, Construction & Reporting Standard August 2019 (427KB PDF)
• Protocol 9 Pathway for Inclusion of Compatible Pairs in the ANZKX Program August 2019 (382KB PDF)
• Protocol 10 Latent Tuberculosis Pathway for Donors August 2019 (528KB PDF)

ANZKX Forms

• ANZKX Form 3. Donor Agreement to Participate September 2019 (148KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 4. Donor Declaration Form August 2019 (205KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 5. Recipient Agreement to Participate September 2019 (126KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 6. Hepatitis B Antibody Positive Donors August 2019 (136KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 7. Latent Tuberculosis donors – recipient consent August 2019 (133KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 8. Informed Consent Discussion Checklist August 2019 (300KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 9. Ministerial Approval Form August 2019 (197KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 10. Tissue Typing Registration Form August 2019 (271KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 11. Surgical Checklist August 2019 (192KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 12. Day of Exchange Details August 2019 (254KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 13. Transport Itinerary & Contingency Plan August 2019 (216KB PDF)
• ANZKX Form 14. Living Kidney Donation Report Form August 2019 (171KB PDF)