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

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

Contact details for the ANZKX Program are as follows:

ANZKX Australian Contacts:

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

ANZKX Program Coordinator:
Emma Vanhardeveld 
Phone: 03 9342 4261
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 

Forms and Protocols

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

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 July 2020 (157KB 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)
• Protocol 11 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing (130KB PDF)
• Protocol 12 Media Protocol for the ANZKX Program November 2020 (453 KB)

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 July 2020 (344KB 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)
• ANZKX Form 15. Hepatitis C Antibody Donor Recipient Consent Form December 2020 (630 KB PDF)

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